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Long-term consumption of diet with the naturally occurring sorbent zeolite and diadomite has no effect on structural integrity of epithelial lining in the small intestine and increases the absorbing surface area by lengthening enterocyte microvilli and increasing their number. The tendency toward high density of the mitochondria, high superficial density of their internal membranes, high density of attached ribosomes may be indicative of increased adaptive abilities of enterocytes.
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Translated fromByulleten' Eksperimental'noi Biologii i Meditsiny, Vol. 125, No. 6, pp. 702–704, June, 1998
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Bgatova, N.P. Influence of long-term administration of naturally occurring sorbents on the ultrastructure of small intestine enterocytes in rats. Bull Exp Biol Med 125, 626–629 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02445259
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