O. Fernandezborrachero et al., FOLATE ABSORPTION IN THE CECUM OF CHRONIC ETHANOL-FED RATS - IN-VIVO STUDIES, Annals of nutrition & metabolism, 40(5), 1996, pp. 283-286
This study was designed to determine the intestinal in vivo absorption
of folic acid and methyltetrahydrofolate (MTHF) by the caecum surface
at different times after 20 weeks of 30% ethanol ingestion. The absor
ption results were compared to the data of control rats. Chow and flui
d consumption and body weight were significantly lower in ethanol-fed
rats. The absorption of folic acid and MTHF by the caecum surface (pmo
l/cm(2)) was generally decreased in ethanol-fed rats at all concentrat
ions assayed with respect to control animals (except for absorption of
0.5 and 2.5 mu M folic acid at 15-min intervals). The results obtaine
d in the present work also suggest a different absorptive behaviour of
folic acid and MTHF in the caecum under the influence of chronic alco
hol ingestion.