- Horion D, Walaszek Z. Conformations of the D-glucarolactone s and D-glucaric acid in solution. Carbohydr Res 1982; 105:95109.
- Marsh CA. Metabolism of D-glucuronolactone in mammalian systems. Identification of D-glucaric acid as a normal constituent of urine. Biochem J 1963;86:77-86.
- Yamaguchi I, Sato T, Matsushiro T, Sato H. Quantitative determination of D-glucaric acid in bile in relation to inhibitory effect of bile on bacterial beta-glucuronidase. Tohoku J Exp Med 1965:87:123-32.
- Maki T. Pathogenesis of calcium bilinibinate gallstone: role of E. coli, beta-glucuronidase and coagulation by inorganic ions, polyelectrolytes and agitation. Ann Surg 1966;164:90-100.
- Matsushiro T, Suzuki N, Sato T, Maki T. Effects of diet on glucaric acid concentration n in bile and the formation of calcium bilinibinate gallstones. Gastroenterology 1977:72:630-3.
- Ho YD, Ho KJ. Biliary D-glucaric acid: its quantitation and preventive role in gallstone formation. Scand J Gastroenterol 1990:25:631 -40.
- Sandstad O, Osnes T, Skar V, Urdal P, Osnes M. Common bile duct stones are mainly brown and associated with duodenal diverticula. Gut 1994:35:1464-7.
- Goresky CA, Gordon ER, Hinchey EI, Fried GM. Bilirubin conjugate changes in the bile of gallbladders containing gallstones. Hepatology 1995:21:373-82.
- Sandstad O, Osnes T, Urdal P, Skar V, Osnes M. Brown pigment stones in the common bile duct: reduced bilirubinate diconjugat e in bile. Scand J Gastroenterol 2000:35:198-203.
- Colombi A, Maroni M, Antonini C, Fait A, Zocchetti C, Foa V. Influence of sex, age, and smoking habits on the urinary excretion of D-glucaric acid. Clin Chim Acta 1983:128:349-58.
- Sandstad O, Osnes T, Skar V, Osnes M. Urinary D-glucaric acid, a marker substance for microsomal enzyme induction. Methodological aspects, responses to alcohol and findings in workers exposed to toluene. Scand J Clin Lab Invest 1993:53:327-33.
- Walters DG, Lake BG, Bayley D, Cottrell RC. Direct determination of D-(U-14C) glucaric acid in urine by ionexchange high-performance liquid chromatography. J Chromatogr 1983:276:163-8.
- Laakso EI, Tokola RA, Hirvisalo EL. Determination of Dglucaric acid by high-performance liquid chromatography. J Chromatogr 1983:278:406-11.
- Hicks KB, Lim PB, Haas MJ. Analysis of uronic and aldonic acids, their lactones, and related compounds by high-performance liquid chromatography on cation-exchange resins. J Chromatogr 1985:319:159-71.
- Rumsby G, Belloque J, Eraser RS, Seakins JWT. Effect of temperature and sample preparation on performance of ionmoderated partition Chromatograph y of organic acids in biological fluids. Clin Chim Acta 1987;163:171-83.
- Poon R, Villeneuve DC, Chu IC, Kinach R. HPLC determinatio n of D-glucaric acid in human urine. J Anal Toxicol 1993;17:14650.
- Skar V, Skar AG, Midtvedt T, Osnes M. Bacterial growth in the duodenum and in the bile of patients with gallstone disease treated with endoscopie papillotomy (EPT). Endoscopy 1986; 18:10-3.
- Sandstad O, Osnes T, Skar V, Urdal P, Osnes M. Structure and composition of common bile duct stones, in relation to duodenal diverticula, gastric resection, cholecystectomy and infection. Digestion 2000;61:181-8.
- Tsomides TJ. Sample preparation for HPLC by Centricon ultrafiltration. BioTechniques 1993;14:656-9.
- Skar V, Saxerholt H. High-performance liquid Chromatograph y of biliiubin conjugates in bile: effect of beta-glucuronidas e on the bfle pigments. Scand J Gastroenterol 1989;24:657-65.
- Coleman R. Biochemistry of bile secretion. Biochem J 1987; 244:249-61.
- Sandle LN, Worthington HV, Rameh B, Braganza JM. Indirect evidence for hepatic induction in patients with cholesterol gallstones. Biochem Soc Trans 1997;25:412s.
- Braganza JM, Worthington H. A radical view of gallstone aetiogenesis. Med Hypotheses 1995:45:510-16.
- Worthington HV, Hunt LP, McCloy RF, Maclennan I, Braganza JM. A pilot study of antioxidant intake in patients with cholesterol gallstones. Appl Nutr Invest 1997;13:118-27.
- Ho KJ. Human beta-glucuronidase. Studies on the effects of pH and bile acids in regard to its role in the pathogenesis of cholelithiasis. Biochim Biophys Acta 1985;827:197-206.
- Osnes T, Sandstad O, Skar V, Osnes M. Beta-glucuronidase in common duct bile, methodological aspects, variation of pH optima and relation to gallstones. Scand J Clin Lab Invest 1997; 57:307-15.
- Skar V, Skar AG, Bratlie J, Osnes M. Beta-glucuronidas e activity in the bile of gallstone patients both with and without duodenal diverticula. Scand J Gastroenterol 1989;24:205-12.
- Skar V, Skar AG, Midtvedt T, Lotveit T, Osnes M. Betaglucuronidase-producin g bacteria in bile from the common bfle duct in patients treated with endoscopie papillotomy for gallstone disease. Scand J Gastroenterol 1986;21:253-6.
- Oyabu H, Tabata M, Nakayama F. Nonbacterial transformation of bflimbin in bile. Dig Dis Sci 1987;32:809-16.
- Blumenthal HJ, Lucuta VL, Blumenthal DC. Specific enzymatic assay for D-glucarate in human serum. Anal Biochem 1990; 185: 286-93.
- Higashijima H, Ichimiya H, Nakano T, Yamashita H, Kuroki S, Satoh H, et al. Deconjugation of biliiubin accelerates coprecipitation of cholesterol, fatty acids and mucin in human bile-in vitro study. J Gastroenterol 1996;31:828-35.
- Stewart L, Ponce R, Oesterle AL, Griffiss JM, Way LW. Pigment gallstone pathogenesis: slime production by biliary bacteria is more important than beta-glucuronidas e production. J Gastrointest Surg 2000;4:547-53.
Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology
Volume 37, 2002 - Issue 4