Role of short-chain fatty acids in the hind gut

Veterinary Quarterly

Volumn 20, Issue , 1998, Pages 52-59

  von Engelhardt, W ^a   Bartels, J ^a   Kirschberger, S ^a   zu Düttingdorf, H D Meyer ^a   Busche, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUTYRIC ACID; BUTYRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; VOLATILE FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL; APOPTOSIS; CELL DIVISION; COLITIS; COLON; COLORECTAL TUMOR; CYTOLOGY; DIARRHEA; FERMENTATION; HUMAN; LARGE INTESTINE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BUTYRIC ACID; BUTYRIC ACIDS; CELL DIVISION; COLITIS; COLON; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DIARRHEA; FATTY ACIDS, VOLATILE; FERMENTATION; HUMANS; INTESTINE, LARGE;

EID: 0001847424     PISSN: 01652176     EISSN: 18755941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01652176.1998.9694970     Document Type: Article

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