A new technique to determine hydrogen excreted by gnotobiotic rats

Laboratory Animals

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 162-170

  Hartmann, L ^a   Taras, D ^a   Kamlage, B ^a   Blaut, M ^a  

^a GERMAN INSTITUTE OF HUMAN NUTRITION   (Germany)

Author keywords

C. perfringens; Colonic fermentations; Gnotobiotic rats; H2 excretion

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN; LACTULOSE; WATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; EXCRETION; FEMALE; GAS ANALYSIS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GERMFREE ANIMAL; GNOTOBIOTICS; MICROCLIMATE; NONHUMAN; RAT; TECHNIQUE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS A;

EID: 0034029844     PISSN: 00236772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/002367700780457617     Document Type: Article

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