Short-chain fatty acids in the human colon: Relation to gastrointestinal health and disease

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology, Supplement

Volumn 31, Issue 216, 1996, Pages 132-148

  Mortensen, P Brøbech ^a,b   Clausen, M Rye ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b University of Copenhagen   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Acetate; Butyrase; Colonic; Lactate; Propionate; short chain fatty acids

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; BUTYRIC ACID; LACTIC ACID; PROPIONIC ACID; SHORT CHAIN FATTY ACID; VOLATILE FATTY ACID;

COLON DISEASE; DIARRHEA; FERMENTATION; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ANIMAL; COLON; DENMARK; DIETARY FIBER; INTESTINE ABSORPTION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; COLON; DENMARK; DIETARY FIBER; FATTY ACIDS, VOLATILE; FERMENTATION; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; INTESTINAL ABSORPTION;

EID: 0029693922     PISSN: 00855928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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