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Which substance is absorbed by the intestines through micelle formation?

Which substance is absorbed by the intestines through micelle formation?

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Asked by Kalaa Kilai, Last updated: Nov 09, 2024

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Jason B. Elster

Jason B. Elster

Jason B. Elster
Jason B. Elster

Answered Apr 20, 2018

After digestion, monoglycerides and unsaturated fats connect with bile salts and phopholipids to shape micelles. Micelles are around 200 times littler than emulsion beads (4-7nm versus 1µm for emulsion beads). Micelles are important on the grounds that they transport the inadequately dissolvable monoglycerides and unsaturated fats to the surface of the enterocyte where they can be ingested. Additionaally, micelles contain fat solvent vitamins and cholesterol.

Vitamin d-micelles give a mechanism to solubilizing fat-dissolvable supplements in the watery arrangement of the intestinal lumen until the point that the supplements can be brought into contact with and consumed by the intestinal epithelial cells. since vitamin d is fat-dissolvable, it is invested similarly as other dietary lipids.

glycerol is one result of lipid digestion that is water-dissolvable and is excluded in micelles. galactose and leucine are consumed by na+ subordinate cotransport. in spite of the fact that bile acids are a key element of micelles, they are consumed by a particular na+ subordinate cotransporter in the ileum. vitamin b 12 is water-dissolvable; therefore, its assimilation does not require micelles.

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John Smith

John Smith

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Answered Sep 09, 2016

Vitamin d-micelles provide a mechanism for solubilizing fat-soluble nutrients in the aqueous solution of the intestinal lumen until the nutrients can be brought into contact with and absorbed by the intestinal epithelial cells. because vitamin d is fat-soluble, it is absorbed in the same way as other dietary lipids. glycerol is one product of lipid digestion that is water-soluble and is not included in micelles. galactose and leucine are absorbed by na+ dependent cotransport. although bile acids are a key ingredient of micelles, they are absorbed by a specific na+ dependent cotransporter in the ileum. vitamin b 12 is water-soluble; thus, its absorption does not require micelles.
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