NMR detection of 13CH3 13COOH from 3-13C-glucose: A signature for Bifidobacterium fermentation in the intestinal tract

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 91-96

  Wolin, Meyer J ^a   Zhang, Yongchao ^b   Bank, Shelton ^b   Yerry, Susan ^a   Miller, Terry L ^a  

^a WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Bifidobacterium; Colon; Fermentation; Humans; Infants

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BREAST FEEDING; COLON FLORA; ECOSYSTEM; FERMENTATION; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT FUNCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LACTOBACILLUS BIFIDUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; COLON; FECES; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; INFANT; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BIFIDOBACTERIUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM BIFIDUM; LACTOBACILLUS;

ACETIC ACID; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; GLUCOSE; LACTIC ACID;

ACETIC ACID; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; BREAST FEEDING; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON ISOTOPES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; COLON; FECES; FERMENTATION; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; INFANT; LACTIC ACID; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 0031594558     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/128.1.91     Document Type: Article

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