The western lowland gorilla diet has implications for the health of humans and other hominoids

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 127, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 2000-2005

  Popovich, David G ^a,b   Jenkins, David J A ^a,b   Kendall, Cyril W C ^a,b   Dierenfeld, Ellen S ^c   Carroll, Richard W ^d   Tariq, Nauman ^a,b   Vidgen, Edward ^a  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^d WORLD WILDLIFE FUND   (United States)

Author keywords

Dietary evolution coronary heart disease cancer; Dietary fiber; Shed chain fatty acids; Western lowland gorilla

Indexed keywords

SHORT CHAIN FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CANCER; CANCER PREVENTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DIETARY FIBER; DIETARY INTAKE; EVOLUTION; GORILLA; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL VALUE;

ANIMALIA; GORILLA GORILLA GORILLA; HOMINOIDEA; HOMO;

EID: 0030823709     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/127.10.2000     Document Type: Article

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