Stability of ingested methylcellulose in the rat determined by polymer molar mass measurements by light scattering

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 50, Issue 26, 2002, Pages 7726-7730

  Yokoyama, Wallace H ^a   Knuckles, Benny E ^a   Davis, Paul A ^b   Daggy, Bruce P ^c  

^a WESTERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Enzymatic hydrolysis; Gas chromatography; Light scattering; Liquid chromatography; Methylcellulose; Polymer distribution; Rat; Size exclusion

Indexed keywords

METHYLCELLULOSE; POLYMER;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHROMATOGRAPHY; DEGRADATION; DIETARY FIBER; DIETARY INTAKE; DRUG STABILITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FECES; FECES ANALYSIS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GEL CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROLYSIS; INGESTION; LIGHT; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; POLYMERIZATION; RADIATION SCATTERING; RAT; RAT STRAIN; SOLUBILITY;

ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DIETARY FIBER; DRUG STABILITY; FECES; HYDROLYSIS; LIGHT; MALE; METHYLCELLULOSE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYMERS; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0037132571     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf020653u     Document Type: Article

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