Digestion, absorption

Ferruzzi, M.G. and Blakeslee, J., Digestion, absorption and cancer preventative activity of dietary chlorophyll derivatives, Nutr. Res., 21, 1, 2007. 

Association to cholestyramine, and sucralfate Inhibition of digestive absorption... 

Selck, H., Decho, A. W. and Forbes, V. E. (1999). Effects of chronic metal exposure and sediment organic matter on digestive absorption efficiency of Cd by the deposit-feeding polychaete Capitella species I, Environ. Toxicol. Chem., 18, 1289-1297. 

The liver is an organ of more than average interest to biochemists its functions are intimately related to digestion, absorption, and metabolism. It varies in shape like other internal organs (Fig. 6), and... 

The GI system is responsible at its most basic level for providing a continual supply of water, electrolytes, minerals, and nutrients. This is achieved by a myriad of specialized cells and coordinated interplay of motility, secretion, digestion, absorption, blood flow, and lymph flow. These components are under elaborate control of the central and enteric nervous systems, endocrine and paracrine regulation of hormones. The highly complex nature of GI function is clearly illustrated by the estimate that 80 to 100 million neurons exist within the enteric nervous system, a number comparable to that found within the spinal column, hence described as a "second brain."171... 

An obligatory component, which results from the energy cost of digestion, absorption and assimilation of the food. 

In developed conntries, fat provides about 40% of the total energy consnmed but in some individuals this percentage may be mnch higher. Almost all of this is in the form of triacylglycerol, containing mainly long-chain bnt also some short-chain fatty acids. The stractnre, digestion, absorption and eventual fate of the products of absorption are described in Chapters 4 and 5 and the metabolism of fat is discussed in Chapter 7. 

For poorly soluble drugs, the digestive absorption depends on their rate of dissolution. Decreasing the particle size of these drugs to increase the surface-to-bulk ratio improves their rate of dissolution. Fine-grinding mills are used to... 

Responses to activation of the parasympathetic system. Parasympathetic nerves regulate processes connected with energy assimilation (food intake, digestion, absorption) and storage. These processes operate when the body is at rest, allowing a decreased tidal volume (increased bronchomotor tone) and decreased cardiac activity. Secretion of saliva and intestinal fluids promotes the digestion of foodstuffs transport of intestinal contents is speeded up because of enhanced peristaltic activity and lowered tone of sphincteric muscles. To empty the urinary bladder (micturition), wall tension is increased by detrusor activation with a concurrent relaxation of sphincter tonus. 

II. DIGESTION, ABSORPTION, SECRETION, AND UTILIZATION OF DIETARY LIPIDS ... 

II. Digestion, Absorption, Secretion, and Utilization of Dietary Lipids... 

Ernst, S.C. (1975) Biochemical and cytochemical studies of digestive-absorptive functions of esophagus, cecum, and tegument in Schistosoma mansoni acid phosphatase and tracer studies. Journal of Parasitology 61, 633-647. 

King R. 2002. Digestion, absorption, and metabolism of isoflavones. In Gilani G, Ed. Phytoestrogens and Health. Illinois AOCS Press, PP. 209-234. 

The human body is about 70 percent water. Water is involved in nearly every body process, including digestion, absorption, circulation, and excretion. Blood is about 90 percent water it transports nutrients to the cells and washes out lactic acid and other waste products. 

Allain P, Gauchard F, Krari N. 1996. Enhancement of aluminum digestive absorption by fluoride in rats. Res Commun Mol Pathol Pharmacol 91 225-231. 

III. THE INTERACTION OF LIPOPHILIC DRUGS WITH THE LIPID DIGESTION/ABSORPTION CASCADE... 

Animal Life Processes (ISBN 1-57837-073-6) Students learn about homeostasis and how organisms maintain energy levels through digestion, absorption, and metabolism of nutrients how fluid levels are maintained how organisms produce and process waste and how they regulate temperature. 

Changes in the digestive-absorptive surface of cestodes during larval/adult differentiation. Symposia of the British Society for Parasitology, 10 41-70. 

Noble, R.C. 1978. Digestion, absorption and transport of lipids in ruminant animals. Prog. Lipid Res., 17, 55-91. 

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