Amount and fate of egg protein escaping assimilation in the small intestine of humans

American Journal of Physiology - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology

Volumn 277, Issue 5 40-5, 1999, Pages

  Evenepoel, Pieter ^a   Claus, Dirk ^a   Geypens, Benny ^a   Hiele, Martin ^a   Geboes, Karen ^a   Rutgeerts, Paul ^a   Ghoos, Yvo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Phenols; Protein assimilation; Protein fermentation; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

CARBON 13; DEUTERIUM; EGG PROTEIN; EGG WHITE; NITROGEN 15; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTION; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INGESTION; ISOTOPE LABELING; MALABSORPTION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTAKE; PROTEIN METABOLISM; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL; SMALL INTESTINE ABSORPTION; TEST MEAL;

EID: 0032740382     PISSN: 01931857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.1999.277.5.g935     Document Type: Article

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