Examination of intestinal conversion of cholesterol to coprostanol in 633 healthy subjects reveals an age- and sex-dependent pattern

Microbial Ecology in Health and Disease

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 200-204

  Benno, Peter ^a   Midtvedt, Karsten ^b   Alam, Mahbub ^a   Collinder, Eje ^a   Norin, Elisabeth ^a   Midtvedt, Tore ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; COPROSTEROL;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; FECES; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INTESTINE; INTESTINE FLORA; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NORWAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEDEN; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 33746504573     PISSN: 0891060X     EISSN: 16512235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08910600500519854     Document Type: Article

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