Effects of wheat bran and olestra on objective measures of stool and subjective reports of GI symptoms

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1244-1252

  McRorie, J ^d   Kesler, J ^a   Bishop, L ^a   Filloon, T ^a   Allgood, G ^a   Sutton, M ^a   Hunt, T ^b   Laurent, A ^b   Rudolph, C ^c  

^a PROCTER AND GAMBLE COMPANY   (United States)

^b PPD Pharmaco   (United States)

^c CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SUCROSE POLYESTER; WATER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFECATION; DIETARY FIBER; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOOD COMPOSITION; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISCOSITY; WATER CONTENT; WHEAT BRAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEFECATION; DIETARY FATS, UNSATURATED; DIETARY FIBER; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FAT SUBSTITUTES; FATTY ACIDS; FECES; FEMALE; FLATULENCE; HEARTBURN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SUCROSE;

EID: 0034100667     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9270(00)00809-1     Document Type: Article

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