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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jul 10.
Published in final edited form as: Compr Physiol. 2013 Jul;3(3):1035–1078. doi: 10.1002/cphy.c120027

Table 2.

Components of Bile Flowa [adapted, with permission, from Ref. (73)]

Rhesus
Man Dog Monkey Rat Rabbit
Total flow
(μL/min/Kg b.w.)		 5 10 15 70 90
Bile salt-stimulated flow
(μL/μmole bile salt)		 7   8 16 15 70
Bile salt-independent flow
(μL/min/Kg b.w.)		 2   5   7 40 60
Bile duct flow
(μL/min/Kg b.w.)		 2 —b —b NS NS
a

Representative values from the literature.

b

Ducts reabsorb canalicular flow following cholecystectomy and cannula insertion.

Abbreviation: NS, not significant.