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Intestinal absorption in health and disease--sugars.
Best practice & research. Clinical gastroenterology - 1 Dec 2003
Wright Ernest M, Martín Martín G, Turk Eric
Abstract excerpt
Carbohydrates are mostly digested to glucose, fructose and galactose before absorption by the small intestine. Absorption across the brush border and basolateral membranes of enterocytes is mediated by sodium-dependent and -independent membrane proteins. Glucose and galactose transport across the brush border occurs by a Na(+)/glucose (galactose) co-transporter (SGLT1), whereas passive fructose transport is...
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