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The mechanism of intestinal purine absorption is not well defined. The assumption that nucleotides are not able to permeate cell membranes renders nucleosides and nucleo-bases as the only chemical forms for the absorption of the purine moiety. While some although contraversial reports exist on the intestinal permeation of purine bases (Schanker et al., 1963; Oh et al., 1967; Berlin and Hawkins, 1968; Khan et al., 1975), no data are available concerning the absorptive mechanism of purine nucleosides. Therefore we investigated this problem focusing the main interest on the permeation process of adenosine.
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Kolassa, N., Stengg, R., Turnheim, K. (1977). Control of Net Cellular Uptake of Adenosine from the Lumen Side of the Guinea Pig Jejunal Epithelium. In: Müller, M.M., Kaiser, E., Seegmiller, J.E. (eds) Purine Metabolism in Man—II. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 76B. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-3285-5_18
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