title: Increase in the ileal absorption rate of sodium taurocholate in germ-free or conventional rats given an amylomaize-starch diet.
abstract: Twenty germ-free and twenty conventional male Fischer 344 rats, 3 months old, were fed ad lib. diets based either on normal or on amylomaize starch for 1 month. The absorption rate of sodium taurocholate, 25 mmol/l, was determined in vivo in jejunal or ileal segments. Each determination included five rats. Jejunal absorption rate was not modified either by the amylomaize-based diet or by the digestive microflora. Ileal absorption rate was slightly higher in germ-free than in conventional rats. Ileal absorption rate was largely increased by the amylomaize-based diet. This increase was slightly larger in germ-free rats than in conventional rats. It is suggested that dietary amylomaize starch has an action on the active absorption process of bile acid.
mesh_terms: D000042:Absorption; D000818:Animals; D004032:Diet; D005856:Germ-Free Life; D007082:Ileum / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D011916:Rats, Inbred F344; D013213:Starch / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000494:pharmacology; D013656:Taurocholic Acid / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D013656:Taurocholic Acid; D013213:Starch