Intestinal Permeability to 51Cr-Labelled Ethylenediaminetetraacetate in Food-Intolerant Subjects

1 January 1989

journal article
research article
Published by S. Karger AG in Digestion

Vol. 42 (2) , 104-109
https://doi.org/10.1159/000199833

Abstract

Intestinal permeation of ⁵¹Cr-labelled ethylenediaminetetraacetate (⁵¹Cr-EDTA) was normal in 8 food-intolerant patients. Following ingestion of the offending food stuff there was a significant (p < 0.003) decrease in the permeation of ⁵¹Cr-EDTA but the same phenomenon was observed in control subjects (n = 5) following cereal. Eight patients were tested following ingestion of lentil puree and subsequently with lentil puree containing the food to which they were sensitive. In these patients there was a significant increase in the permeation of ⁵¹Cr-EDTA following the 2nd test (p < 0.01), but this was of insufficient magnitude to be of diagnostic use. These results show that food intolerance does involve some, but not gross changes in intestinal permeability to ⁵¹Cr-EDTA.

Keywords

This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: