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Any process by which nutrients are taken up from the contents of the intestine. The directed movement of the hexose monosaccharide glucose into, out of, within or between cells by means of some external agent such as a transporter or pore. Uptake of D-glucose into the blood by absorption from the small intestine. A physical, chemical, or biochemical process carried out by living organisms to break down ingested nutrients into components that may be easily absorbed and directed into metabolism. The directed movement of hexose into, out of, within or between cells by means of some external agent such as a transporter or pore. Hexoses are any aldoses with a chain of six carbon atoms in the molecule.

View Gene Ontology (GO) Term

GO TERM SUMMARY
Name: intestinal D-glucose absorption
Acc: GO:0001951
Aspect: Biological Process
Desc: Uptake of D-glucose into the blood by absorption from the small intestine.
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INTERACTIVE GO GRAPH

GO:0001951 - intestinal D-glucose absorption (interactive image map)
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