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Dietary induced increase of lactase activity in adult rats is independent of adrenals

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Adult rats fed 10 days a low starch-high fat diet were either adrenalectomized or sham-operated and force-fed the same diet another 5 days; 14 h before sacrifice, some animals were force-fed a sucrose diet. Activity of lactase, sucrase and maltase was increased in adrenalectomized and sham-operated rats.

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  1. Perinatal and Nutritional Sciences Section, Departments of Pediatrics and Physiology, University of Arizona Health Sciences Center, 85724, Tucson, Arizona, USA

    T. Goda, S. Bustamante, J. Grimes & O. Koldovský

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Supported by the National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, Maryland, USA (AM 27624).

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Goda, T., Bustamante, S., Grimes, J. et al. Dietary induced increase of lactase activity in adult rats is independent of adrenals. Experientia 40, 1287–1288 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01946678

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