FIG. 5.
β-endorphin concentration determined by ELISA in samples collected in 1 minute intervals from duodenum-jejunum perfused with 100mM NaCl in HBSS (A), 300mM glucose in HBSS (B), 20mM sucralose in HBSS (C), 20% intralipid (D), 5% mannitol in HBSS (E). Control samples were collected after 3–5 min of perfusion with HBSS only (P). Four animals were tested in each group (see Materials and Methods). HBSS (Hanks buffered saline). * p<0.05, ** p<0.01, *** p<0.001 compared with preincubation values (P).