The Effect of Lactulose on the Composition of the Intestinal Microbiota and Short-chain Fatty Acid Production in Human Volunteers and a Computer-controlled Model of the Proximal Large Intestine

Microbial Ecology in Health and Disease

Volumn 15, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 94-105

  Venema, Koen ^a   Van Nuenen, Marleen H M C ^a   Van Den Heuvel, Ellen G ^a,b   Pool, Wietske ^a,c   Van Der Vossen, Jos M B M ^a  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

^b FRIESLANDCAMPINA   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

DGGE; FISH; In vitro large intestinal model; In vivo study; Lactulose; Microbiota; SCFA

Indexed keywords

LACTULOSE; SHORT CHAIN FATTY ACID;

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCIUM ABSORPTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON FLORA; COLON MUCOSA; COMPUTER MODEL; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; FOOD COMPOSITION; HUMAN; INTESTINE FLORA; LIPID COMPOSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

BIFIDOBACTERIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS; LACTOBACILLUS; MICROBIOTA;

EID: 0344233202     PISSN: 0891060X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08910600310019895     Document Type: Article

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