muramidase and Gastric-Fistula

Lysozyme is present in the salivary secretions and a low level has been reported for the bile and the pancreatic juice. It has been found to be absent from the digestive material of the rabbit stomach and small and large intestines as well as from the intestinal secretions taken from temporary fistulae placed at the duodenal, jejunal, ileal and colic levels. However, secretions obtained by permanent intestinal and gastric fistulae showed high enzyme levels. Lysozyme is thus of probable plasmatic origin. The question of Paneth cell secretion is still to be determined.

Topics: Animals; Bile; Colon; Digestive System; Gastric Fistula; Gastric Fundus; Ileum; Intestinal Fistula; Male; Muramidase; Pancreatic Juice; Rabbits; Saliva