Adaptive function of soil consumption: An in vitro study modeling the human stomach and small intestine

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 207, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 319-324

  Dominy, Nathaniel J ^a   Davoust, Estelle ^b   Minekus, Mans ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^c TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Alkaloid; Diet; Geophagy; Human; Pica; Tannin

Indexed keywords

KAOLIN; QUININE; TANNIN DERIVATIVE;

ADAPTATION; ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BIOAVAILABILITY; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; SMALL INTESTINE; SOIL;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADSORPTION; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTESTINE, SMALL; KAOLIN; MODELS, ANATOMIC; QUININE; SOIL; TANNINS;

CINCHONA PUBESCENS; PICA; PRIMATES;

EID: 1642546288     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.00758     Document Type: Article

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