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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Neurogastroenterol Motil. 2014 Dec 29;27(3):324–332. doi: 10.1111/nmo.12490

Table 1. Tissue Content of Immunoreactive Ghrelin.

(reproduced from Date Y, et al. Endocrinology 2000)

Tissue RIA for C-terminus (pmol/g wet wt) RIA for N-terminus (pmol/g wet wt)
Stomach
 Fundus 4633.5 ± 440.1 1845.6 ± 290.0
 Pylorus 120.7 ± 19.4 63.6 ± 21.1
Duodenum 262.5 ± 13.3 50.9 ± 7.2
Jejunum 102.3 ± 13.2 44.6 ± 8.4
Ileum 27.7 ± 1.1 1.5 ± 0.1
Colon 73.4 ± 19.2 11.7 ± 4.2

Values are the mean ± SEM (n = 6).