Term Name: bile acid metabolic process
Synonyms: bile acid metabolism
Definition: The chemical reactions and pathways involving bile acids, a group of steroid carboxylic acids occurring in bile, where they are present as the sodium salts of their amides with glycine or taurine.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0008206]    QuickGO    AmiGO

Relationships
is a type of: monocarboxylic acid metabolic process steroid metabolic process
has subtype: bile acid biosynthetic process bile acid catabolic process bile acid conjugation
negatively regulated by: negative regulation of bile acid metabolic process
positively regulated by: positive regulation of bile acid metabolic process
regulated by: regulation of bile acid metabolic process