title: Amylolytic activity in the digestive tract of lambs during the first months after birth.
abstract: Alpha-amylase activity in duodenal chymus and glucoamylase activity in homogenate and microvilli membranes of enterocytes from duodenum, jejunum and ileum of lambs at an age of 1, 7 and 23 days was studied. Alpha-amylase activity in duodenal chymus increases proportionally with increasing the age of lambs, at 7 and 23 days of age rising 2 and 3 times respectively compared to one-day age. Glucoamylase activity in homogenate and Microvilli membranes increases even at 7 day-age 3-6 times depending on the part of small intestine, then keeping on the whole the same level.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Animal Science, Kostinbrod, Bulgaria.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Profirov
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn / Q000378:metabolism*; D004386:Duodenum / Q000201:enzymology; D005766:Gastrointestinal Contents / Q000201:enzymology; D005087:Glucan 1,4-alpha-Glucosidase / Q000378:metabolism*; D007082:Ileum / Q000201:enzymology; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000201:enzymology*; D007583:Jejunum / Q000201:enzymology; D008871:Microvilli / Q000201:enzymology; D012756:Sheep / Q000378:metabolism*; D000516:alpha-Amylases / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D000516:alpha-Amylases; D005087:Glucan 1,4-alpha-Glucosidase