Absorption of nutrients is only slightly reduced by supplementing enteral formulas with viscous fiber in miniature pigs

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 128, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 2446-2455

  Ehrlein, Hansjörg ^a   Stockmann, Axel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Absorption; Enteral nutrition; Fiber; Miniature pigs; Viscosity

Indexed keywords

CHYMOTRYPSIN; PANCREAS ENZYME;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY FIBER; ENTERIC FEEDING; FEMALE; INTESTINE ABSORPTION; NONHUMAN; SWINE; VISCOSITY;

ANIMALIA; CYAMOPSIS TETRAGONOLOBA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0032425218     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/128.12.2446     Document Type: Article

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