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The level and origin of amylase (EC 3.2.1.1) in the digestive tract of chicks receiving trypsin inhibitors in their diet*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2007

Zafrira Nitsan  and
Z. Madar
Zafrira Nitsan
Affiliation:
Division of Poultry Science, Agricultural Research Organization, The Volcani Center and Department of Agricultural Biochemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel
Z. Madar
Affiliation:
Division of Poultry Science, Agricultural Research Organization, The Volcani Center and Department of Agricultural Biochemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel
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1. Amylase (EC 3.2.1.1) activity found in the intestinal tract of chicks posterior to the stomach is of endogenous origin, as amylase in the food is inactivated by the low pH in the stomachs.

2. Ingestion of raw soya-bean diet (RSD) or of heated soya-bean diet (HSD) supplemented with trypsin inhibitors induced higher amylase activities in the lower part of the small intestine and caecum as compared with HSD.

3. Ingestion of RSD after ligation at the end of the duodenum, end of the ileum or one of the caeca, or injection of soya-bean trypsin inhibitor into a ligated caecum, indicated that there is no amylase synthesis by the intestinal tract cells or microflora as a response to the presence of RSD or trypsin inhibitors.

4. It seems that amylase found in the digestive tract of the chick is of pancreatic origin and that RSD or trypsin inhibitors induce higher pancreatic amylase secretion than HSD which (the additional amylase) accumulates mainly in the caeca.

Type
Papers on General Nutrition
Information
British Journal of Nutrition , Volume 40 , Issue 2 , September 1978 , pp. 235 - 242
Copyright
Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1978

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