Gastro‐intestinal Excretion of Dextran‐C14

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Abstract
Cats were given dextran‐C14 intravenously and the gastric juice as well as intestinal juices from intestinal segments and bile was collected during the first 6 hours after administration. The juices were investigated for radioactivity. It was found that there is a small excretion of radioactivity via the stomach and the liver. The intestinal juices however and chiefly those from the cranial parts of the intestine contained larger amounts of radioactivity which was precipitable with ethanol and represented dextran. The earlier literature on dextran metabolism is reviewed. The parallelism between the dextran and the albumin elimination via the gastrointestinal tract is pointed out.

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