Failure of activated charcoal to reduce the release of gases produced by the colonic flora

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 208-212

  Suarez, Fabrizis L ^a   Furne, Julie ^a   Springfield, John ^a   Levitt, Michael D ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON;

ADSORPTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; COLON FLORA; FECES; FEMALE; FLATULENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BACTERIA; CHARCOAL; COLON; FECES; FEMALE; FLATULENCE; GASES; HUMANS; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; SULFIDES;

EID: 0032894382     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.1999.00798.x     Document Type: Article

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