Protein-degradation products and bacterial enzyme activities in faeces of breast-fed and formula-fed infants

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 509-515

  Heavey, Patricia M ^a   Savage, Shirley Anne H ^b   Parrett, Alison ^b   Cecchini, Cinzia ^c   Edwards, Christine A ^b   Rowland, Ian R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bacterial protein degradation products; Enzyme activity; Faecal samples; Infants

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BETA GLUCURONIDASE; PARA CRESOL; PHENOL;

ADULT; AGE; AMMONIA BLOOD LEVEL; AMMONIA FORMATION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GROWTH PERIOD; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION; MALE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NEWBORN; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WEANING;

ADULT; AMMONIA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BETA-GLUCOSIDASE; BOTTLE FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING; CRESOLS; DIETARY PROTEINS; FECES; FEMALE; GLUCURONIDASE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PHENOL; WEANING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MICROBIOTA;

EID: 0038664327     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/BJN2002814     Document Type: Article

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