.... During duodenal perfusion with sodium taurocholate alone, both basal and caerulein/secretin-stimulated bilirubin secretion were suppressed. A successive perfusion with a mixture of the bile salt and essential amino acids in combination overcame the biliary suppression and biliary secretion rose above...

...Joan M. Braganza; H. J. Klass; M. Bell; G. Sturniolo 1. The copper content of duodenal juice obtained during secretin-pancreozymin tests has been compared in 12 healthy volunteers and 12 patients with chronic pancreatitis in whom normal gall-bladder function was confirmed by oral cholecystography...

...J. Fahrenkrug; O. B. Schaffalitzky de Muckadell; J. J. Holst 1. The elimination of immunoreactive secretin was studied in anaesthetized pigs by using constant infusions of pure natural porcine secretin. 2. The mean metabolic clearance rate was 15·4 ml min —1 kg —1 , and was independent of the level...

...L. V. Gutierrez; J. H. Baron 1. In twenty-one tests in six subjects without, and three with, pancreatic disease, the maximum volume and bicarbonate output of the duodenal aspirate in response to intravenous infusion of pure ‘GIH’ secretin was significantly higher with 4 than with 2 units kg −1 h −1...