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Absorption of131I-albumin from the peritoneal cavity and its transport by the thoracic duct, right lymph trunk and the venous system was studied in dogs. The absorption from the peritoneum covering the liver is about 4 times more rapid than that from the diaphragm. The amount of radioalbumin recovered in circulating plasma exceeds 3 to 4 times the cummulated lymphatic transport. Because of the possible unoccluded lymphatico-venous communications this is not a proof for the direct absorption of the protein by blood capillaries. Of the two lymphatic transport routes the right duct seems to be the more important.
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Szabó, G., Magyar, Z. The site of protein absorption from the peritoneal cavity. Res. Exp. Med. 161, 335–338 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01851458
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01851458