Interrelationships between age, total dietary fiber intake and breath methane in humans

Nutrition Research

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 929-940

  Fernandes, Judlyn ^a,b   Wolever, Thomas M S ^a,b   Rao, A Venketeshwer ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Age; Breath methane; Colonic fermentation; Diet; Dietary fiber; Humans

Indexed keywords

METHANE;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BREATH ANALYSIS; DIETARY FIBER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTESTINE FLORA; MALE; METHANOGENESIS; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034237756     PISSN: 02715317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0271-5317(00)00184-6     Document Type: Article

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