Faecal Tryptic Activity and Excretion of Urobilins in 573 Healthy Subjects Living in Sweden, Norway and Scotland

Microbial Ecology in Health and Disease

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 169-174

  Benno, Peter ^a   Alam, M ^a   Collinder, E ^a   Norin, E ^a   Midtvedt, T ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRYPSIN; TRYPSIN INHIBITOR; TRYPSINOGEN; UROBILIN;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECAL TRYPTIC ACTIVITY; FECES; FECES ANALYSIS; FECES LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTESTINE FLORA; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NORWAY; PORPHYRIN METABOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SWEDEN; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 1542288820     PISSN: 0891060X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08910600310020622     Document Type: Article

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