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Luminal concentration of glucose determined by a specific enzymatic method was about 50 mM after meal in rat jejunum. The diffusive pathway was suggested to have an important role in intestinal absorption of glucose.
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Murakami, E., Saito, M. & Suda, M. Contribution of diffusive pathway in intestinal absorption of glucose in rat under normal feeding condition. Experientia 33, 1469–1470 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01918813
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