Carotenoids are thought to diminish the incidence of certain degenerative diseases, but the mechanisms involved in their intestinal absorption are poorly understood. Our aim was to obtain basic data on the fate of carotenoids in the human stomach and duodenum. Ten healthy men were intragastrically fed three liquid test meals differing only in the vegetable added 3 wk apart and in a random order...

Australian saltmarshes are inundated less frequently and for shorter periods than most northern hemisphere marshes, and when inundated provide transient fish a diverse prey assemblage. We determined the extent of feeding on saltmarsh by examining stomach contents of a common marsh transient, glassfish (Ambassis jacksoniensis), in the Coombabah estuary in subtropical Queensland. We tested the hy...

In much of our experimental work upon mammals, the dosage of the various drugs used is regulated according to the size of the animal-a given amount being allowed per kilo of body-weight. In the rabbit this is a source of considerable error on account of the large size of the stomach and cecum. After a full feeding, when these organs have become well filled, the weight of their contents bears a ...

BACKGROUND The aim of this paper was to study the prevalence and intensity of Anisakids larvae in the long tail tuna fish captured from Iranian shores of Persian Gulf. METHODS Different organs including skin, abdominal cavity, stomach and intestinal contents, stomach sub serous tissues, liver, spleen, gonads and 20 grams of muscles of 100 long tail tuna fish (Thannustonggol) caught from water...

Gastroesophageal reflux disease (commonly referred to as GERD) occurs when the contents of the stomach back up into the esophagus. Since the esophagus doesn't have the same protective lining as the stomach, these acidic substances cause irritation and discomfort. Although this has nothing to do with the heart, it is frequently called heartburn because a burning sensation is felt just behind the...

Two experiments with 49 crossbred pigs were conducted to examine the effects of age and weaning system on various indicators of digestive development and capacity. In Exp. 1, pigs reared exclusively by the sow with no access to creep feed were killed at 1, 8, 16 and 22 d of age. Other pigs, weaned at 16 d of age to a milk protein diet fed either in dry or liquid form, were killed at 22 d of age...

A fatal case involving flunitrazepam with ethanol ingestion is presented. Quantitative toxicological analysis revealed that the concentrations of 7-aminoflunitrazepam (a metabolite of flunitrazepam) and ethanol in a femoral blood sample were 0.175 μg/mL and 0.67 mg/mL, respectively. High concentration of flunitrazepam (24.3 μg/mL) was detected from the stomach contents, and 10.9 mg of flunitraz...

We studied the rates at which solid and liquid leave the stomach after meals of wholemeal and white bread by using a double isotope technique. There was no difference in the rates at which the solid phases of the gastric contents left the stomach but liquid left the stomach significantly more rapidly with white bread than with wholemeal bread. Furthermore, the amount of liquid leaving the stoma...

Carbofuran is a broad spectrum insecticide and nematicide which inhibits acetyl cholinesterase. Several intentional poisoning cases of animals and birds including crows, dogs, cow, and elephant, using carbofuran were reported in Sri Lanka. Qualitative analysis of carbofuran in biological specimens was carried out using T.L.C and GC-MS. The quantitative analysis was carried out by HPLC using Zor...