Physiology of the colorectal barrier

Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 173-190

  Edwards, Christine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacterial metabolism; Barriers to absorption; Colonic absorption; Colonic motility; Colonic physiology

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; BACTERIA; GASTROENTEROLOGY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

COLONIC MOTILITY; COLORECTAL BARRIERS;

CONTROLLED DRUG DELIVERY;

BETA GLUCURONIDASE; GLYCOSIDASE; SHORT CHAIN FATTY ACID;

BACTERIAL METABOLISM; COLON ABSORPTION; COLON MOTILITY; COLON MUCOSA; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG SAFETY; ELECTROLYTE BALANCE; FERMENTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; REVIEW; WATER ABSORPTION;

EID: 0031563889     PISSN: 0169409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-409X(97)00071-9     Document Type: Review

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