Effect of lactulose and Saccharomyces boulardii administration on the colonic urea-nitrogen metabolism and the bifidobacteria concentration in healthy human subjects

Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 963-974

  De Preter, V ^a   Vanhoutte, T ^b   Huys, G ^b   Swings, J ^b,c   Rutgeerts, P ^a   Verbeke, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; LACTULOSE; MALTODEXTRIN; NITROGEN; NITROGEN 15; PERENTEROL; PLACEBO; PREBIOTIC AGENT; PROBIOTIC AGENT; UREA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMBUSTION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; FECES ANALYSIS; FECES MICROFLORA; FEMALE; FUNGAL CELL; HUMAN; INTESTINE FLORA; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NITROGEN URINE LEVEL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SACCHAROMYCES BOULARDII; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; URINALYSIS;

ADULT; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; COLON; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FECES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENTS; HUMANS; LACTULOSE; MALE; NITROGEN; PROBIOTICS; SACCHAROMYCES; UREA;

EID: 33645082248     PISSN: 02692813     EISSN: 13652036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2036.2006.02834.x     Document Type: Article

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