DEVELOPMENT OF THE INITIAL STAGES OF CARBOHYDRATE ASSIMILATION IN VIOLATION OF THYROID STATUS

In experiments on growing rats, it was found that the hyperthyroid state causes premature induction of the activities of enteral α-glucosidases (maltase, sucrase), and an earlier decrease in β-galactosidases (brush-border lactase) compared to natural rates. The hypothyroid state, on the contrary, delays biological hours of development of the activity of enzymes in the small intestine The influence of the thyroid status on the hydrolytic systems of the small intestine is age-dependent and, manifesting itself in the middle of the period of lactotrophic nutrition, reaches its maximum in the second half of this period. After the transition of rats to self-feeding, the effect of thyroxin on the hydrolysis of carbohydrates weakens.