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. 2002 Feb 15;539(Pt 1):163–173. doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.2001.013056

Table 2.

Unidirectional and net fluxes of Na+ and Cl across distal colon of hyperaldosteronaemic rats:effect of amiloride and butyrate

G ISC JNa,ms JNa,sm JNa,net JCl,ms JCl,sm JCl,net
Control
 Basal 8.3±0.4 2.4± 0.2 7.6 ± 0.8 4.2 ± 0.7 3.4 ±0.3 4.8 ± 0.6 5.0 ± 0.5 −0.2 ± 0.2
 Amiloride 8.7 ± 0.4§ 0.4 ±0.1§ 5.2 ±0.9* 5.0 ± 1.0n.s. 0.2 ± 0.2§ 5.9 ± 0.3§ 5.8 ± 0.3n.s. 0.1 ± 0.1n.s.
Butyrate
 Basal 9.6 ± 0.5n.s. 1.7 ± 0.3n.s. 9.6 ± 0.5* 3.7 ± 0.4n.s. 5.9 ± 0.2§ 6.1 ± 0.4n.s. 4.0 ± 0.3n.s. 2.1 ± 0.3§
 Amiloride 11.1 ± 0.5§ 0.1 ±0.2† 8.0 ± 0.8n.s. 5.4 ± 0.7n.s. 2.7 ± 0.4§ 7.0 ±0.8n.s. 4.1 ± 0.5n.s. 2.9 ± 0.5n.s.

for both control and butyrate studies,the values shown are means ±s.e.m. of eight tissue pairs. Amiloride was always added to the mucosal bath solution after three 15 min flux periods. See Table 1 for further details and definitions.