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Gastrointestinal system

Known as: Body System, Gastrointestinal, Alimentary System, Ailmentary System 
The organs that take in food and turn it into products that the body can use to stay healthy. Waste products the body cannot use leave the body… 
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Review
1997
Review
1997
Survey of Organotin Compounds in the Western Mediterranean Using Molluscs and Fish as Sentinel Organisms
Abstract. Tributyltin (TBT) and its degradation products, mono- (MBT) and dibutyltin (DBT) as well as triphenyltin (TPT) were… 
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Faecally derived hydrolytic enzymes from Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus: physicochemical characterisation of potential allergens.
The previous findings that the group I and III mite allergens, and amylase present in mite faeces are hydrolytic enzymes has… 
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Isolation and analysis of restriction endonuclease digestive patterns of chromosomal DNA from Mycobacterium paratuberculosis and other Mycobacterium species
A relatively rapid and efficient method for the extraction of chromosomal DNA from Mycobacterium paratuberculosis and other… 
Highly Cited
1974
Highly Cited
1974
Glucose metabolism and the response to insulin by human adipose tissue in spontaneous and experimental obesity. Effects of dietary composition and adipose cell size.
[1-(14)C]glucose oxidation to CO(2) and conversion into glyceride by adipose tissue from nonobese and obese subjects has been… 
Highly Cited
1974
Highly Cited
1974
On the nature of the acid and saline matters usually existing in the stomachs of animals
That a free, or at least an unsaturated acid usually exists in the stomachs of animals, and is in some manner connected with the… 
Highly Cited
1973
Highly Cited
1973
Changes in sucrase, enterokinase, and peptide hydrolase after intestinal resection. The association of cellular hyperplasia and adaptation.
In a study of changes in digestive enzymes after massive intestinal resection and the mechanisms by which such changes occur… 
Highly Cited
1972
Highly Cited
1972
Macrophage accumulation, division, maturation, and digestive and microbicidal capacities in tuberculous lesions. 3. The turnover of macrophages and its relation to their activation and antimicrobial…
This work has changed our concept of the pathogenesis of tuberculosis. Formerly, tuberculous lesions were thought to be rather… 
Highly Cited
1972
Highly Cited
1972
Macrophage accumulation, division, maturation and digestive and microbicidal capacities in tuberculous lesions. II. Rate at which mononuclear cells enter and divide in primary BCG lesions and those…
During the first 2 weeks the rate of entry of mononuclear cells (MN) into rabbit dermal BCG lesions was roughly proportional to… 
Highly Cited
1955
Highly Cited
1955
Role of gastric secretions in activation of peptic ulcers by corticotropin (ACTH).
In spite of the well-documented reports that administration of corticotropin (ACTH) stimulates the gastric secretion of acid and… 
Highly Cited
1945
Highly Cited
1945
The fermentation of carbohydrates in the rumen of the sheep.
1. Acetic, propionic and butyric acids are the main volatile fatty acids in the rumen of the sheep. Acetic acid accounts for 55… 
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