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. 2005 Jan 14;11(2):242–248. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i2.242

Table 3.

Activities of succinate dehydrogenase, acid-B- galactosidase and dipeptidyl amino peptidase IV (values are expressed as absorbance units, mean±SE; n = 6).

Enzymes Crypt segments CD TI TIFB OB
SDH Luminal epithelium 0.596±0.053 0.533±0.038 0.512±0.053a 0.524±0.067a
DAP IV Luminal epithelium 0.178±0.027 0.163±0.008 0.156±0.019 0.125±0.014a
Basal crypt epithelium 0.196±0.012 0.179±0.003 0.162±0.005 0.151±0.030
Acid-b-Gal Luminal epithelium 0.526±0.046 0.443±0.035 0.381±0.028a 0.314±0.029a
Basal crypt epithelium 0.592±0.061 0.527±0.036 0.493±0.058 0.397±0.011b
Apical crypt epithelium 0.863±0.067 0.639±0.057c 0.587±0.009c 0.452±0.065c

aP<0.05 vs CD in the crypt segment of luminal epithelium; bP<0.01 vs CD in the crypt segment of basal crypt epithelium; cP<0.05 vs CD in the crypt segment of apical crypt epithelium.