The present invention relates to new and improved processes for the preparation of deoxycholic acid (DCA) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, as well as to novel intermediates useful for the preparation of DCA and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The starting compounds are steroids, sterols or fermented phytosterols of vegetable origin, being of formula SM:
本发明涉及一种新的和改进的制备脱氧
胆酸(DCA)及其药学上可接受的盐的方法,以及用于制备DCA及其药学上可接受的盐的新型中间体。起始化合物为植物来源的类
固醇、
甾醇或发酵植物甾醇,其
化学式为SM: