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Department of Medicine, Royal Postgraduate Medical School, London, England
Department of Surgery, Royal Postgraduate Medical School, London, England
Department of Physiology, The London Hospital Medical College, London, England
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Department of Medicine, Royal Postgraduate Medical School, London, England
Department of Surgery, Royal Postgraduate Medical School, London, England
Department of Physiology, The London Hospital Medical College, London, England
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Department of Medicine, Royal Postgraduate Medical School, London, England
Department of Surgery, Royal Postgraduate Medical School, London, England
Department of Physiology, The London Hospital Medical College, London, England
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Department of Medicine, Royal Postgraduate Medical School, London, England
Department of Surgery, Royal Postgraduate Medical School, London, England
Department of Physiology, The London Hospital Medical College, London, England
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Published February 1, 1971 - More info
Administration of a single 1 g dose of neomycin sulfate to five healthy subjects simultaneously with a test meal caused a marked increase in the proportion of fatty acid and bile acid in the ultracentrifuged deposit of aspirated intestinal contents. Labeled cholesterol was precipitated in a similar manner in two hypercholesterolemic patients. Neomycin had no effect on the pancreatic lipase concentration or on the pH of intestinal contents. These results confirm that the ability of neomycin to precipitate micellar lipids is due to interaction between the polybasic neomycin molecule and ionized fatty acids and bile acids. This mechanism provides an explanation for both the steatorrhea and hypocholesterolemia induced by this compound.