Laxative threshold of sugar alcohol erythritol in human subjects

Nutrition Research

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 577-589

  Oku, Tsuneyuki ^a   Okazaki, Mitsuko ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b KAGAWA NUTRITION UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Erythritol; Laxative threshold; Low energy bulking sweetener; Sorbitol; Sugar alcohol

Indexed keywords

ERYTHRITOL; LAXATIVE; SORBITOL; SWEETENING AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIARRHEA; DIETARY INTAKE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029916956     PISSN: 02715317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0271-5317(96)00036-X     Document Type: Article

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