Nondigestible oligosaccharides do not interfere with calcium and nonheme-iron absorption in young, healthy men

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 445-451

  Van den Heuvel, Ellen G H M ^a   Schaafsma, Gertjan ^a   Muys, Theo ^a   Van Dokkum, Wim ^a  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Absorption; Calcium; Fructooligosaccharide; Galactooligosaccharide; Inulin; Iron; Men; Nondigestible oligosaccharides; S table isotopes

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; FRUCTOSE OLIGOSACCHARIDE; INULIN; IRON; OLIGOSACCHARIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; ERYTHROCYTE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTESTINE ABSORPTION; IRON ABSORPTION; ISOTOPE LABELING; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; URINARY EXCRETION;

EID: 0031936636     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/67.3.445     Document Type: Article

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