SODIUM INSENSITIVE BRUSH BORDER MEMBRANE SUCRASE IN SHEEP INTESTINE
Journal Title: International Research Journal of Pharmacy (IRJP) - Year 2012, Vol 3, Issue 1
Abstract
Dietary sugars and intermediate products of starch digestion are hydrolyzed by small intestinal epithelial cell enzymes associated with the brush border membranes. The BBM consists of enzyme sucrase and isomaltose, responsible for hydrolyzing the sucrose and maltose, constitutes approximately 10% of the intrinsic protein of brush border membrane. Dietary sugars regulate the activity of sucrase during ageing. Dietary control is particularly important in evaluating the maintenance of sucrose enzyme. It is observed that in ruminants the sucrase is either absent or present with feeble activity. The sucrase activity observed in the brush border membrane, which is of microbial origin and very much insensitive to the high concentrations of sodium. Sucrase and maltase activities are reported to be induced by dietary carbohydrates in the jejunum of rodents while, this phenomenon was lacking in sheep. During ageing the activity of sucrase is diminished in humans and rodents, but in contrast to this, such phenomenon is yet to be observed. The influence of age and high carbohydrate concentrations in the intestine on sucrase induction in sheep is yet to be established.
Authors and Affiliations
Ahmed Khan
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP103311
- DOI -
- Views 72
- Downloads 0
ETHNO MEDICINAL SURVEY OF MEDICINAL PLANTS USED TO CURE WOUNDS IN DARIKAL GAON OF TEZPUR IN ASSAM, NORTH EAST INDIA
The people residing in Darikal gaon village in Tezpur of Assam mostly depend on the vegetation around them for the prevention as well as the treatment of diseases and ailments. The present ethnomedicinal survey was carri...
EFFECTS OF METHANOLIC EXTRACT OF ALPINIA GALANGA FROM MANIPUR (INDIA) ON UTERUS OF OVARIECTOMISED C3H ALBINO MICE
Methanolic extract of shade dried rhizome of Alpinia galanga (MAGE) was prepared using Soxhlet apparatus through a minimal of 18 hrs running. Working doses of the MAGE were determined after LD50 study selecting two dos...
FACTORS INFLUENCING WAITING TIME IN OUTPATIENT PHARMACY OF LAGOS UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL
Time, money and expertise are resources that are indispensable to productivity, performance, efficiency, success and growth of any health institution. This research was aimed at identifying and measuring some of the fact...
QUALITATIVEPHYTOCHEMICALANALYSISOF AJWAIN (Trachyspermumammi) FROM NORTH-WEST IRAN
Most spices, owe their individual properties to the pharmacologically active secondary metabolites that they contain. In this study plant Ajwain (Trachyspermumammi) from North-West Iranwas screened for the presence of ma...
PRODUCTION OF α-AMYLASE FROM ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS UNDER SOLID STATE FERMENTATION WITH OPTIMUM CONDITIONS
α-amylases are ubiquitous enzymes produced by plants, animals and microbes, where they play a dominant role in carbohydrate metabolism. In spite of the wide distribution of amylases, microbial sources, namely fungal and...