AN EVALUATION OF THE IMPORTANCE OF GASTRIC-ACID SECRETION IN THE ADSORPTION OF DIETARY CALCIUM
AN EVALUATION OF THE IMPORTANCE OF GASTRIC-ACID SECRETION IN THE ADSORPTION OF DIETARY CALCIUM
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DOI:
10.1172/jci111254
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发表时间:
1984-01-01
影响因子:
15.9
通讯作者:
FORDTRAN, JS
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作者:
BOLINN, GW;DAVIS, GR;FORDTRAN, JS
Since Ca solubility is a prerequisite to Ca absorption and since solubility of Ca is highly pH-dependent, it has been generally assumed that gastric acid secretion and gastric acidity play an important role in the intestinal absorption of Ca from ingested food or Ca salts such as CaCO3. To evalute this hypothesis, a method wherein net gastrointestinal absorption of Ca can be measured after ingestion of a single meal was used. A large dose of cimetidine, which markedly reduced gastric acid secretion, had no effect on Ca absorption in normal subjects and an achlorhydric patient with pernicious anemia absorbed Ca normally. This was true regardless of the major source of dietary Ca (i.e., milk, insoluble Ca carbonate or soluble Ca citrate). Ca absorption after CaCO3 ingestion was the same when intragastric contents were maintained at pH 7.4 (by in vivo titration) as when intragastric pH was 3.0. Gastric acid secretion and gastric acidity apparently do not normally play a role in the absorption of dietary Ca. Other possible mechanisms by which the gastriointestinal tract might solubilize ingested Ca complexes and salts are discussed.