Assertion: glycerin | /r/HasProperty | absorbed
Facets:
value: well
type: DEGREE
value: in the small intestine
type: LOCATION
value: readily
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: The glycerol is absorbed and metabolised to carbon dioxide and glycogen, or it
text: Glycerin is chemically classified as a sugar alcohol, but it is more similar to sugars: it is readily absorbed and is probably converted into glucose in the human body and it provides 4.3 kilocalories of energy per gram .
text: Glycerol is absorbed and metabolised as glucose (by the body) into fats.
text: Glycerin is not one of the FODMAPs (fermentable oligo-, di- and monosaccharides and polyols), because it is well absorbed in the small intestine and does not pass to the large intestine where it would be fermented by intestinal bacteria.