Absorption of sodium ions from rat intestine in vivo and from a perfused isolated preparation

J. Gits, G. B. Gerber

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Abstract

Intestinal absorption of different amounts of Na+ was followed in vivo and in an isolated piece of small intestine perfused with blood via its natural route. Normal rats display saturation kinetics whereas rats dying from the G I syndrome absorb Na+ by simple diffusion. The data indicate that the perfused intestine is a system suitable to study absorption under physiological conditions.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)39-43
Number of pages5
JournalBiophysik
Volume10
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 1973
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Radiation
  • Biophysics
  • Environmental Chemistry
  • Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging
  • Environmental Science (miscellaneous)
  • General Environmental Science
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)
  • Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)

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