Re: What effect do bile salts have upon the rbc membrane?

Bile salts are excretory forms of cholesterol from the body. They are 
formed by the liver and secreted into the small intestine as a component 
of bile. Apart from the fact that they are excretory forms of cholesterol 
they also serve the very important function of emulsification of the 
dietary lipids in the small intestine so that the lipids expose larger 
areas to undergo enzymatic activity. This is essential for the digestion 
and absorption of the dietary fats. After performing this function the 
bile salts with some alteration in their form are mostly reabsorbed into 
the blood stream in the small intestine whence they circulate back to 
liver to be once again secreted in bile. The circulation goes on and on as 
very small amounts of bile salts are excreted in feces in each round. In 
the blood when the bile salts are in transportation they do not have 
anything to do with the membranes of red blood cells. Blood only 
transports the bile salts from intestine back to liver and at least I 
personally have not come across any function of bile salts pertaining to 
lipid bilayer of RBCs. I hope this has cleared your confusion but you 
might still be feeling that I couldn’t get your point and I have explained 
something you were not interested in. If it is so then feel free to 
contact me and we can get the thing clear hopefully.