1. Absorption of inorganic iron was studied in thirty-four patients with chronic renal failure by a double isotope technique. 2. Eight patients with normal iron balance had a mean absorption of 3-5%, ten patients with iron overload had a mean absorption of 3.6%, and sixteen patients with iron depletion had a mean absorption of 58%. Thus, alterations in absorption appeared to be related to distu...

BACKGROUND Airway liquid hyper-absorption is a key pathophysiological link between the genetic mutations of cystic fibrosis (CF) and the development of lung disease. Here we consider whether the clearance of radiolabeled diethylene triamine pentaacetic acid (DTPA) might be used to detect changes in airway liquid absorption. METHODS Tc99m-DTPA was added to the apical (luminal) surface of prima...

Available information supports the dominance of the proximal intestine in inorganic phosphate (Pi) absorption. However, there is no strategy for analyzing segmental Pi absorption from a spontaneously propelled meal in an intact animal. We propose a solution using compartmental analysis. After intragastric administration of a 32P-labeled Pi liquid meal containing a nonabsorbable marker, [14C]pol...

The effects of food ingredients on iron absorption were investigated by means of long and short term experiments after 59Fe material administration through stomach tubes to male Wistar rats of 200 to 300 grams body weight. The ingredients tested were casein, poultry meat, fish meat and soy protein isolate (SPI) which were contained by 24% in the synthetic food as the protein source. In the form...

Nude mice each attached to a respirator to avoid pulmonary uptake were exposed in a glass exposure chamber to 200, 1000 or 3000 ppm of benzene, toluene or tetrachloroethylene (perclene) for 2, 4 or 6 h. The animals were killed at the end of the study and the amount of each solvent retained in the whole body was determined by gas chromatography. Skin absorption rates were calculated from the amo...

Thin-walled structures like crash boxes may be used as energy absorption members in automotive chassis. There have been many studies addressing the behaviors of energy absorption members on frontal crash. These researches have attempted to predict the energy absorption and maximum impact load in shell structures. The energy absorption and maximum impact load depend on many parameters including ...

Oxygen scavengers are used in food packaging to protect oxygen-sensitive food products. A mixture of gallic acid (GA) and sodium carbonate was used as an oxygen scavenger (OSc) in bio-based multilayer packaging films produced in a three-step process: compounding, flat film extrusion, and lamination. We investigated the film surface color as well as oxygen absorption at different relative humidi...