Short-Chain Fatty Adds - Physiology and Pathophysiological Implications;Kurzkettige Fettsäuren - Physiologie und pathophysiologische Implikationen

Aktuelle Ernahrungsmedizin

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 86-96

  Schroder O ^a   Stein, J ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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