data obtained in preliminarily operated healthy animals with the aid of a single or repeated lipid load achieved by means of heptadecan acid , showed that the c17:0 acid becomes involved in processes of lipid synthesis in the intestine epithelium , absorbed in the gastro-intestinal tract , and spread by the blood over different tissues , including the isolated loop of small intestine , in the form of various complex lipids .
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intestine
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gastro-intestinal tract