Fermentable property of dietary fiber may not determine cecal and colonic mucosal growth in fiber-fed rats

Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 549-554

  Hara, Hiroshi ^a   Suzuki, Keiko ^a   Kobayashi, Satomi ^a   Kasai, Takanori ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

dietary fiber; large intestine; mucosa; rats

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CECUM; CELL GROWTH; COLON; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY FIBER; LARGE INTESTINE; MALE; MUCOSA; NONHUMAN; RAT;

EID: 0030272834     PISSN: 09552863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0955-2863(96)00105-2     Document Type: Article

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