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. 1971 Dec;46(250):801–804. doi: 10.1136/adc.46.250.801

Intestinal Dipeptide Hydrolase Activities in Undernourished Children*

Vijay Kumar, O P Ghai, H Peter Chase
PMCID: PMC1647889  PMID: 5129182

Abstract

Intestinal dipeptide hydrolase enzymes cleave dipeptides into amino acids. In 8 undernourished children with diarrhoea, mean intestinal mucosal glyclyl-proline hydrolase activity was reduced 40%, valyl-proline hydrolase activity 38%, and alkaline phosphatase activity 54%, as compared with 4 controls. The use of hydrolysed proteins or simple amino acid mixtures in the initial treatment of undernourished children is suggested.

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