Correlation between faecal iso-butyric and iso-valeric acids in different species

Microbial Ecology in Health and Disease

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 177-182

  Cardona, Maria E ^a   Collinder, Eje ^a,c   Stern, Susanne ^b   Tjellström, Bo ^a   Norin, Elisabeth ^a   Midtvedt, Tore ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c NONE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Diet; Environment; Iso butyric acid; Iso valeric acid; Short chain fatty acids

Indexed keywords

ISOBUTYRIC ACID; ISOVALERIC ACID; SHORT CHAIN FATTY ACID;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ENVIRONMENT; FECES; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HORSE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SWINE;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 29244449869     PISSN: 0891060X     EISSN: 16512235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08910600500356265     Document Type: Article

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