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In a double blind trial a glycine fortified oral glucose electrolyte solution was evaluated in a group of infants and small children (n=25) with moderate to severe dehydration due to acute diarrhoea, and was compared with a matched control group (n=26) receiving only glucose based oral rehydration solution. It is seen that the diarrhoea stool output, duration of diarrhoea, and volume of oral rehydration fluid required to achieve and maintain hydration are significantly lower in the group receiving glycine fortified glucose electrolyte solution. The possibility of developing an oral rehydration solution which could also act as an absorption promoting drug is discussed.

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This study described the absorption of Na, K, Cl, H2O and sugars from an isosmotic sucrose electrolyte solution and compares it with the absorption of these substances from an isosmotic glucose electrolyte solution and a mannitol electrolyte solution, by an in vivo perfusion technique in the rat jejunum and ileum. The composition of the solutions was similar to the oral rehydrating solutions, currently in use for the treatment of acute diarrhoeal diseases. The study shows that an isosmotic sucrose containing electrolyte solution induces a significantly greater Na, Cl, and K absorption compared to glucose electrolyte solution. Water absorption however, is significantly less from the former solution probably due to osmotic drag of water into the lumen by the slowly absorbed fructose released from sucrose hydrolysis. These findings underline the clinical importance of using hyposmotic sucrose electrolyte solution for oral rehydration.

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