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To Raufman's surprise, in 1981 he discovered that when he put one of the peptides onto guinea pig pancreata, it caused a sharp rise in amylase, an enzyme made in the pancreas and salivary glands in the mouth to help the body break down carbohydrates (Raufman, Tensen, Sutliff

The ability to measure oxidized and reduced forms of NADs and glutathiones from the same sample also minimizes effects of separate sample handling

After feeding all branching pathways, the excess of glycolytic flux is converted to lactate to preserve a sufficient pool of NAD+ for glycolysis and also to avoid the tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle inhibition due to excess NADH

Rare but serious side effects include pancreatitis, gastroparesis, bowel obstruction, gallstone attacks, and bile duct blockage