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In vivo intestinal absorption of L-leucine is significantly decreased by the presence of lindane (0.3, 0.2 and 0.1 mM) in perfusion solution (in situ lindane treatment) for 5 min. The inhibitory effect is earlier when lindane concentration is higher, and it is irreversible. There are no changes in D-galactose absorption when lindane (0.3 and 0.2 mM) is perfused for 5 min, but a significant decrease is observed if pesticide is perfused for 10 min at 0.3 mM concentration. Subcutaneous lindane treatment at a dose of 68.76 μmol/kg over 7 days does not alter D-galactose and L-leucine absorption. In situ lindane treatment (0.3, 0.2 and 0.1 mM) induces a significant decrease in basolateral (Na+-K+)-ATPase activity. In contrast, systemic lindane treatment (s.c. injection) at doses of 34.38 and 68.76 μmol/kg over 7 days does not alter this enzyme activity, although a significant decrease is observed in rats injected s.c. with 68.76 μmol/kg lindane over 15 days.
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Received: 21 November 1995/accepted: 21 February 1996
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Moreno, M., Pellicer, S. & Fernández-Otero, M. Effects of in situ and systemic lindane treatment on in vivo absorption of galactose and leucine in rat jejunum. Arch Toxicol 70, 767–772 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002040050338
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s002040050338