Because the steroid nucleus cannot be degraded by the human body, excretion of bile salts in stool serves as a major route of removal of steroids from the body. Which one of the following must occur to bile salts in order for bile salts to be excreted in the stool?
A.
Intestinal bacteria deconjugate bile salts.
B.
Intestinal bacteria conjugate bile salts.
C.
ATP and coenzyme Q conjugate bile salts.
D.
ATP and coenzyme A deconjugate bile salts.
E.
Enterohepatic circulation occurs at 100% efficiency.