Journal of Nutrition Vol. 76 No. 2 February 1962, pp. 131-134
Copyright © 1962 by American Society for Nutrition
Amino Acids in Gut Contents during Digestion in the Dog1
E. S. Nasset
Department of Physiology, University of Rochester, School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York
- 1. The relative molar ratios of free amino acids in the gut lumen were not greatly different whether protein or nonprotein test meals were fed to enterostomized dogs.
- 2. Feeding test meals of aqueous amino acid solutions yielded gut contents with different proportions of amino acids.
- 3. The microbiological method yielded higher values than the column chromatographic method for amino acids.
1 Aided by a grant from the Public Health Service.
Manuscript received 19 August 1961.