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Fecal intestinal alkaline phosphatase: a parameter for toxic damage of the small intestinal mucosa
Abstract:
An immunoprecipitation procedure is presented for the measurement of rat intestinal alkaline phosphatase (I-AP) in feces. Controls exhibit a logarithmic normal distribution of fecal I-AP. Single administration of an agent toxic for small intestinal mucosa like bleomycin or triparanol induces an increase of fecal I-AP on the 1st day and a marked reduction of I-AP activity on the following 3 days. After the 5th day, abnormal high fecal I-AP activities were observed during regeneration. In parallel, morphometry and measurements of I-AP activity in the homogenate of small intestinal mucosa were performed. Rat fecal I-AP excretion proved to be a simple, non-invasive, sensitive marker for toxic damage of the small intestinal mucosa.
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