FOR practical purposes the available antibiotics may be divided with respect to their absorption and excretion into two major groups: those that are absorbed from the gastrointestinal tract and ...

The redundant afferent loop passing through the mesenteric window may be twisted and adherent leading to poor bile and pancreatic fluid excretion. Biliary tract infection and pancreatitis may occur in ...

2Dr. Li Dak-Sum Research Centre, the University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 3Department of Surgery, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, the University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 4Department of Surgery, ...

He says: "If glucose is indeed excreted into the gut, it is conceivable that this could affect the symbiotic relationship between the gut microbiome and the host." Ogawa and his team set out to ...

but also for the degradation and excretion of cholesterol through the bile. The liver also plays a central role in determining plasma LDL-C levels because it is the site of production of LDL ...

These findings suggest the existence of enterohepatic circulation: intestinal absorption, conjugation in the liver, excretion in the bile, hydrolysis by the intestinal flora, and reuptake in the ...

Secondary sclerosing cholangitis (SSC) is a chronic cholestatic biliary disease, characterized by inflammation, obliterative fibrosis of the bile ducts, stricture formation and progressive ...