Enterohepatic is a word used to describe a process in our body where certain substances that are absorbed by the intestines are transported to the liver, then released back into the intestines. It refers to the back and forth movement of these substances between the liver and intestines.
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It is orally bioavailable and reaches peak plasma concentrations in 1 hr in dogs; it has an elimination half - life of 24 hr because of
enterohepatic recirculation.
This process,
called enterohepatic recirculation, allows naproxen to remain in the body for an extended period of time.
World Journal of Gastroenterology 23, no. 5 (2017): 842 - 852; Virili, C., et al. ««With a little help from my friends» - The role of microbiota in thyroid hormone metabolism and
enterohepatic recycling.»
L. Gorbach et al., «Diet and the Excretion and
Enterohepatic Cycling of Estrogens,» Preventative Medicine 16, no. 4 (1987): 525 — 31.
Cobalamin of hepatobiliary origin, in common with dietary derived cobalamin, under goes transfer to IF and receptor mediated absorption, thus
establishing enterohepatic recirculation of the vitamin.
The enterohepatic circulation of bile acids in health and disease.
High fiber intake further removes sex hormones from the body courtesy of increased gut transit time and decrease in
the enterohepatic circulation.
ZeoBind's beneficial detoxification takes place primarily in the gut and in
the enterohepatic circulatory system.
Cholestyramine has been shown to interfere with
the enterohepatic circulation of endogenous thyroid hormones, which is increased in hyperthyroidism (1).
(1) The estrobolome modulates
the enterohepatic circulation of estrogens and affects circulating and excreted estrogen levels.
Dietary protein source (soybean vs. casein) and taurine status affect kinetics of
the enterohepatic circulation of taurocholic acid in cats
Phrases with «enterohepatic»