Absorption of sugars in the Egyptian fruit bat (Rousettus aegyptiacus): A paradox explained

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 210, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1726-1734

  Tracy, Christopher R ^a,b   McWhorter, Todd J ^c,d   Korine, Carmi ^a   Wojciechowski, Michał S ^a,e   Pinshow, Berry ^a   Karasov, William H ^c  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e NICOLAUS COPERNICUS UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Carbohydrate absorption; Chiroptera; Egyptian fruit bat; Paracellular nutrient uptake; Rousettus aegyptiacus

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; CELLOBIOSE; GLUCOSE; RHAMNOSE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAT; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; INTESTINE ABSORPTION; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CARBOHYDRATES; CELLOBIOSE; CHIROPTERA; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; FEMALE; GLUCOSE; INTESTINAL ABSORPTION; MALE; RHAMNOSE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE;

CHIROPTERA; MAMMALIA; MEGACHIROPTERA; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; ROUSETTUS AEGYPTIACUS;

EID: 34250784062     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.02766     Document Type: Article

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