Starch digestion, large-bowel fermentation and intestinal mucosal cell proliferation in rats treated with the α-glucosidase inhibitor acarbose

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 357-365

  Dehghan Kooshkghazi, Mahshid ^a,b   Mathers, John C ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acarbose; Butyrate; Cell proliferation; Crypt width; Starch digestion

Indexed keywords

ACARBOSE; ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE INHIBITOR; BUTYRIC ACID; STARCH; ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ENZYME INHIBITOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; BLOOD LEVEL; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTION; DOSE RESPONSE; FECES LEVEL; FERMENTATION; HEART; HYPERTROPHY; INTESTINE FUNCTION; INTESTINE MUCOSA; LARGE INTESTINE; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; PORTAL VEIN; RAT; REVIEW; SMALL INTESTINE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CECUM; CELL DIVISION; CYTOLOGY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; EATING; GROWTH; HISTOLOGY; LIVER; METABOLISM; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

ACARBOSE; ALPHA-GLUCOSIDASES; ANIMALS; CECUM; CELL DIVISION; DIGESTION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EATING; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FERMENTATION; GROWTH; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; LIVER; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; RATS; STARCH;

EID: 1642370585     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/BJN20031063     Document Type: Review

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