Effects of resistant starch on the colon in healthy volunteers: Possible implications for cancer prevention

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 136-142

  Hylla, Silke ^b   Gostner, Andrea ^b   Dusel, Gerda ^b   Anger, Horst ^b   Bartram, Hans P ^b   Christl, Stefan U ^b   Kasper, Heinrich ^b   Scheppach, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Bile acids; Breath hydrogen; Colon; Fecal bacterial enzymes; Fermentation; Humans; Lipid peroxidation; Neutral sterols; Resistant starch; Short chain fatty acids

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCOSIDASE; BILE ACID; STARCH; STEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CANCER PREVENTION; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES ANALYSIS; FECES LEVEL; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; HUMAN; HYDROGEN BREATH TEST; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; WATER CONTENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0031975481     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/67.1.136     Document Type: Article

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