Abstract
Aim: To study the effect of long-term ethanol consumption on jejunal lipase and disaccharidase (sucrase, maltase, and lactase) activities in rats and its gender difference. Methods: Age-matched male and female Wistar rats were fed control or ethanol-containing liquid diets for 12 wk following the Lieber-DeCarli model. According to both the plasma aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) activities, 40 rats were divided into four groups as follows: male control group (MC), male ethanol group (ME), female control group (FC), and female ethanol group (FE). Results: After ethanol feeding for 12 wk, the results revealed that plasma AST and ALT activities of group ME were significantly increased by 58% and 92%, respectively, than those of group MC (P
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 2603-2608 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | World Journal of Gastroenterology |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue number | 17 |
| Publication status | Published - May 7 2005 |
Keywords
- Disaccharidase
- Ethanol consumption
- Gender difference
- Jejunal lipase
- Rats
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Gastroenterology