Ontogeny of intestinal safety factors: Lactase capacities and lactose loads

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 276, Issue 3 45-3, 1999, Pages

  O'Connor, Timothy P ^a,b   Diamond, Jared ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbohydrate digestion; Fermentation; Glucose transport; Rat; Weaning

Indexed keywords

LACTASE; LACTOSE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; FERMENTATION; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT; INTESTINE FUNCTION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; WEANING;

EID: 0032925763     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1999.276.3.r753     Document Type: Article

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