... inves-tigation because of their physiological importance and their pharmaceutical relevance as drug carriers [1–6].Both transporters catalyse the uptake of most dipep-tides and tripeptides and a variety ... byunlabeled Bip-Pro itself, but also by well known sub-strates of H+⁄ peptide cotransporters, such as Gly-Sar,Ala-Ala, Lys-Lys, Ala-Asp, d-Phe-Ala, Ala-Ala-Ala,d-aminolevulinic acid, cefadroxil ... amount of Bip-Pro in the extracellular uptake mediumwas quantified according to the laboratory standard HPLC(La-ChromÒ; Merck-Hitachi, Darmstadt, Germany) with a diode array detector and a...