Abstract: | The modifications in the hepatic transport of sulfobromophthalein (BSP) were studied after partial hepatectomy (p.h.) in Wistar rats. The biliary excretion of BSP, injected i.v. at 150 mumol/kg, decreased in the early periods after p.h., with a disappearance of the choleretic effect induced by the dye in sham-operated animals. The impairment in the biliary BSP excretion corresponded to the conjugated fraction and was accompanied by a lowered glutathione S-transferase activity in the liver. |