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The jejunum is the main portion of the intestine involved in the digestion and absorption of nutrients in the digestive canal. According to an old concept, the food materials were believed to be first broken down into micromolecules, such as amino acids or monosaccharides, by digestive enzymes in the lumen of the digestive canal and then absorbed through the epithelial lining into the blood capillaries or lymphatics. However, since it has been revealed that terminal digestive enzymes such as disaccharidases and dipeptidases are concentrated in the brush border membrane of absorptive cells (1,2), this concept had to be revised.
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Yamamoto, T. (1988). Jejunum and villi: Structural basis of intestinal absorption. In: Motta, P.M., Fujita, H., Correr, S. (eds) Ultrastructure of the Digestive Tract. Electron Microscopy in Biology and Medicine, vol 4. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-2071-5_6
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