Colonic production of butyrate in patients with previous colonic cancer during long-term treatment with dietary fibre (Plantago ovata seeds)

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1011-1020

  Nordgaard, I ^a,b   Hove, H ^a   Clausen, M R ^a   Mortensen, P B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

bacterial adaptation; butyrate; colonic cancer; colonic fermentation; fibre; short chain fatty acids

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; BUTYRIC ACID; PROPIONIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLON CANCER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HIGH FIBER DIET; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

PLANTAGO OVATA;

EID: 0029816234     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365529609003122     Document Type: Article

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