1. Bile is formed of three elements : bile salts , bilirubin and cholesterol. 2. They resist bile salts , detergents, heavy metals, ethanol, azide, and desiccation. 3. Bile salts form emulsify fats, aiding in their digestion and absorption.4. Colipase is necessary, along with bile salts , to enable lipase function. 5. This protein also transports glucuronides and sulfate conjugates of steroid hormones and bile salts . 6. Without bile salts , most of the lipids in food would be excreted in faeces, undigested. 7. All species grow in the presence of bile salts . 8. They are broken down into emulsified by bile salts for optimal activity of these enzymes. 9. The serum bile acid blood test for ICP is a quantitative measurement of bile salts . 10. The different hydrolyzing enzymes are activated by different types of bile salts and have distinct substrate specificities.