Butyrate is only one of several growth inhibitors produced during gut flora-mediated fermentation of dietary fibre sources

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1057-1070

  Beyer Sehlmeyer, Gabriele ^a   Glei, Michael ^a   Hartmann, Esther ^a   Hughes, Rosin ^b   Persin, Christoph ^c   Böhm, Volker ^a   Rowland, Ian ^b   Schubert, Rainer ^a   Jahreis, Gerhard ^a   Pool Zobel, Beatrice L ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^c Kampffmeyer Food Service GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

4 Hydroxynonenal; Complex gut fermentation products; Genotoxicity; Short chain fatty acids

Indexed keywords

BUTYRIC ACID; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; GROWTH INHIBITOR; PROPIONIC ACID; SHORT CHAIN FATTY ACID;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANCER PREVENTION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL STRAIN HT29; COLON CARCINOMA; COLON FLORA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY FIBER; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FERMENTATION; GROWTH INHIBITION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; INTESTINE FLORA; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT NUTRIENT; SUPERNATANT; TUMOR CELL; TUMOR GROWTH;

ALDEHYDES; BUTYRATES; CELL DIVISION; COLON; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; DIETARY FIBER; DNA DAMAGE; DRUG RESISTANCE, NEOPLASM; FATTY ACIDS, VOLATILE; FERMENTATION; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; GROWTH INHIBITORS; HT29 CELLS; HUMANS;

EID: 0346749816     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/BJN20031003     Document Type: Article

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