Beneficial influence of dietary spices on the ultrastructure and fluidity of the intestinal brush border in rats

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 31-39

  Prakash, Usha N S ^a   Srinivasan, Krishnapura ^a  

^a CENTRAL FOOD TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Brush border enzymes; Dietary spices; Fluidity; Intestinal brush border

Indexed keywords

BLACK PEPPER EXTRACT; CAPSAICIN; CHOLESTEROL; CYTOSOL AMINOPEPTIDASE; DIPEPTIDASE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GINGER EXTRACT; GLYCYLGLYCINE; MEMBRANE ENZYME; MEMBRANE LIPID; PEPPER EXTRACT; PHOSPHOLIPID; PIPERINE; RED PEPPER EXTRACT; TRACE ELEMENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 1,3 BENZODIOXOLE DERIVATIVE; ALKALOID; AMIDE; ENZYME; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENT; PIPERIDINE DERIVATIVE; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME CONFORMATION; EXPERIMENTAL RAT; HYDROPHOBICITY; ILEUM; INTESTINE BRUSH BORDER MEMBRANE; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM; INTESTINE VILLUS; JEJUNUM MUCOSA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PEPPER; RAT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SMALL INTESTINE ABSORPTION; SPICE; WISTAR RAT; ANGIOSPERM; ANIMAL; BIOAVAILABILITY; BLACK PEPPER; CELL MEMBRANE; DIET; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; GINGER; INTESTINE ABSORPTION; INTESTINE CELL; INTESTINE MUCOSA; LIPID METABOLISM; MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; METABOLISM; MICROVILLUS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SMALL INTESTINE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALIA; CAPSICUM ANNUUM VAR. ANNUUM; PIPER NIGRUM; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; ZINGIBER OFFICINALE;

ALKALOIDS; ANGIOSPERMS; ANIMALS; BENZODIOXOLES; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; CAPSAICIN; CAPSICUM; CELL MEMBRANE; CHOLESTEROL; DIET; ENTEROCYTES; ENZYMES; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENTS; GINGER; HYDROPHOBICITY; INTESTINAL ABSORPTION; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; INTESTINE, SMALL; LIPID METABOLISM; MALE; MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROVILLI; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; PIPER NIGRUM; PIPERIDINES; PLANT PREPARATIONS; POLYUNSATURATED ALKAMIDES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPICES;

EID: 77954670749     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114510000334     Document Type: Article

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