salts of bile acids, biological surfactants, are summarized. The attention is focused on the
properties of sodium deoxycholate, in particular, its capacity for efficient solubilization and
delivery of hydrophobic drugs, binding of metal ions and formation of fluorescent hydrogels.
The features of formation of hydrogels with the participation of crown-substituted
phthalocyanines and sodium deoxycholate are discussed, including the aggregation state …