Gastric juice

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3 Related Terms
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Broader Terms

body fluid

Narrower Terms

gastric acid, gastrin, hydrochloric acid, intrinsic factor, pepsinogen

Related Terms

mucus, pepsin

Scope Note

liquid secretion of the stomach mucosa consisting of hydrochloric acid (gastric acid), pepsinogens, intrinsic factor, gastrin, mucus, and the bicarbonates.

Facts (generated by robot; please edit if you find it inaccurate)

PLA2-I present in gastric juice is derived from pancreatic acinar cells.
CONCLUSION: The widely used orthotolidine method for determination of blood in gastric juice is less reliable than the porphyrin method as it is more likely to be influenced by acidic conditions in the stomach.
The easiest way to think about this is that gastric juice is a mixture of two components — 1.
However, the positive bias for gastric juice is harder to interpret, because such rapid changes should appear in both directions.
This gastric juice is extremely reactive containing both hydrochloric acid and substance called pepsinogen.

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