[Effect of alcohol on glucose resorption in the small intestine of white rats].

Using the method of inverted bags according to Wiseman and Wilson, the effect of alcohol on glucose transport in the small intestine of white rats is studied. A noteworthy increase in glucose absorption is established in the group of animals receiving 2ml 50 degrees ethyl alcohol before meal over a period of one month, and in the group treated a single time in fasting conditions at analogical alcohol dose. No statistically significant difference is established between the control group of animals, and those treated with the indicated above alcohol dose under conditions of ordinary diet. The obtained results are interpreted in the light of updated concepts about the active transport of substances in the small intestine, with due consideration being given to the eventual effect exerted by ethyl alcohol on its mechanisms.