https://video.igem.org/videos/watch/30120058-b58a-41c7-b3d8-bada6b181151 DEHP is a plasticiser, not a nutrient. It arrives with the meal, leached from packaging, film and tubing, and it is uncharged and strongly lipophilic. Bile micelles carry it toward the epithelium. Steroid hormones appear alongside it in this chapter for a reason: DEHP shares their silhouette, which is why endocrine disruption begins at the moment of absorption. Every molecule has three possible fates. The micelle, the chassis, or straight through. 00:00 DEHP enters with the meal 00:07 Bile micelles and the duodenal matrix 00:15 Three fates, and the competition for cargo Chapter 2 of 7 from the FSU iGEM 2026 project Lilieum. https://2026.igem.wiki/fsu Tue, 20 Oct 2026 02:55:41 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://video.igem.org https://video.igem.org/client/assets/images/icons/icon-1500x1500.png https://video.igem.org/videos/watch/30120058-b58a-41c7-b3d8-bada6b181151 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://video.igem.org/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.