Adsorption of substances from the gastrointestinal tract onto an orally administered sorbent medium like activated charcoal. This technique is used to eliminate toxic and some biologically active substances and serves to modify the lipid and amino acid spectrum of the intestinal contents.

DUI

D016061 MeSH Browser

CUI

M0024549

Previous indexing

Adsorption (1983-1990); Intestinal Absorption (1983-1990)

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