. . "In preparing salts of UDCA and conjugated-UDCA, the acidic form of UDCA is dissolved in a suitable solvent followed by titration of solvated acid with a water-soluble alkaline hydroxide, carbonate, bicarbonate or buffer solution, such as sodium hydroxide, sodium carbonate, sodium bicarbonate, potassium hydroxide, potassium carbonate, potassium bicarbonate, tromethamine, and the like, until the pH" . . . . . . .