Collaborative JPEN-Clinical Nutrition Scientific Publications role of intestinal bacteria in nutrient metabolism

Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 357-365

  Cummings, J H ^a   Macfarlane, G T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILE ACID; BUTYRIC ACID; SHORT CHAIN FATTY ACID; VITAMIN B GROUP; VITAMIN K GROUP; NITROGEN; PROTEIN; SULFUR; VOLATILE FATTY ACID;

ARTICLE; BILE ACID METABOLISM; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; COLON FLORA; COLON MUCOSA; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; FERMENTATION; HUMAN; INTESTINE FLORA; LIVER; MUSCLE; NITROGEN METABOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN METABOLISM; VITAMIN METABOLISM; BACTERIUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; BIOMASS; CLOSTRIDIUM; COLON; DESULFOVIBRIO; ENERGY METABOLISM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; INTESTINE ABSORPTION; LACTOBACILLUS; LARGE INTESTINE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; TIME;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIA; MICROBIOTA;

BACTERIA; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; BILE ACIDS AND SALTS; BIOMASS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CLOSTRIDIUM; COLON; DESULFOVIBRIO; ENERGY METABOLISM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FATTY ACIDS, VOLATILE; FERMENTATION; HUMANS; INTESTINAL ABSORPTION; INTESTINE, LARGE; LACTOBACILLUS; NITROGEN; PROTEINS; SULFUR; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031262639     PISSN: 01486071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0148607197021006357     Document Type: Article

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