Adsorption of protein breakdown products and toxins by erythrocytes

Abstract

It has been established that amino acids enter the bloodstream through the intestinal walls in an unchanged form, and both these substances and parenterally administered protein breakdown products cannot be detected either in serum or in whole blood soon after their introduction. BI Zbarsky (Zhurn. Exp. Biol., 1925, No. 1) explains this fact by the adsorption of protein breakdown products by blood erythrocytes, from which these products can be easily separated by simple boiling, and which transfer these products to the cells of the body.