Green banana and pectin improve small intestinal permeability and reduce fluid loss in Bangladeshi children with persistent diarrhea

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 475-484

  Rabbani, G H ^a,c   Teka, Telahun ^a   Saha, Shyamal Kumar ^a   Zaman, Badiuz ^a   Majid, Naseha ^a   Khatun, Makhduma ^a   Wahed, Mohammad A ^a   Fuchs, George J ^a,b  

^a ICDDRB Clinical Sciences Division   (Bangladesh)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^c INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Green banana; Intestinal permeability; Pectin; Persistent diarrhea

Indexed keywords

LACTULOSE; MANNITOL; PECTIN; SHORT CHAIN FATTY ACID;

ARTICLE; BANANA; BANGLADESH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEHYDRATION; DIARRHEA; DIET THERAPY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FAT INTAKE; FECES ANALYSIS; FECES WEIGHT; GREEN BANANA; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT DISEASE; INTESTINE ABSORPTION; INTESTINE MUCOSA PERMEABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERSISTENT DIARRHEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RICE; SMALL INTESTINE; URINARY EXCRETION;

ANTIDIARRHEALS; BANGLADESH; DIARRHEA, INFANTILE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTESTINAL ABSORPTION; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; LACTULOSE; MALE; MANNITOL; MUSA; ORYZA SATIVA; PECTINS; PERMEABILITY;

EID: 1842504079     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:DDAS.0000020507.25910.cf     Document Type: Article

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