Effect of orally administered plant lectins on intestinal liquor accumulation and amylase activity in rats |
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Authors: | Baintner K Kiss P Bardocz S Pusztai A |
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Institution: | Department of Physiology, Faculty of Animal Science, University of Kaposvár, Kaposvár, Hungary. baintner@mail.atk.u-kaposvar.hu |
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Abstract: | Short-term effects of orally administered plant lectins, with special reference to the Phaseolus vulgaris agglutinin (phytohaemagglutinin, PHA), were studied in growing rats. The orally administered PHA elicited a dose-dependent accumulation of liquor with elevated pH in the proximal small intestine. Although the concentration of alpha-amylase activity did not change, total alpha-amylase activity slightly, but significantly increased in the gut. When a panel of plant lectins with different carbohydrate binding specificities was tested at the dose of 100 mg/kg body weight, most of them stimulated the secretion of liquor, but the total alpha-amylase activity was increased only by PHA, ConA or WGA. |
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