In vivo measurement of colonic butyrate metabolism in patients with quiescent ulcerative colitis

Gut

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 73-77

  Simpson, E J ^a   Chapman, M A S ^a   Dawson, J ^a   Berry, D ^a   Macdonald, I A ^a   Cole, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

In vivo butyrate metabolism; Ulcerative colitis

Indexed keywords

BUTYRIC ACID; CARBON DIOXIDE; ENEMA; SHORT CHAIN FATTY ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALORIMETRY; CARBON DIOXIDE EXCRETION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; EXPIRED AIR; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; FATTY ACID OXIDATION; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTESTINE CELL; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY QUOTIENT; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

ADULT; BREATH TESTS; BUTYRATES; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON ISOTOPES; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; COLON; ENERGY METABOLISM; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PULMONARY GAS EXCHANGE;

EID: 0034067153     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.46.1.73     Document Type: Article

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