Butyrate production from oligofructose fermentation by the human faecal flora: What is the contribution of extracellular acetate and lactate?

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 570-577

  Morrison, Douglas J ^a,b   Mackay, William G ^a   Edwards, Christine A ^a   Preston, Tom ^b   Dodson, Brian ^c   Weaver, Lawrence T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Butyrate; Oligofructose: Fermentation; Short chain fatty acids; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ACETYL COENZYME A; BUTYRIC ACID; CARBOHYDRATE; CARBON 13; CARBON 14; FRUCTOSE; GLUCOSE; LACTIC ACID; PROPIONIC ACID; ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BUTYRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CARBON; OLIGOFRUCTOSE; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; VOLATILE FATTY ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BATCH FERMENTATION; CALCULATION; FECES MICROFLORA; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; ISOTOPE LABELING; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS; FECES; FERMENTATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

ACETATES; ADULT; BUTYRATES; CARBON ISOTOPES; FATTY ACIDS, VOLATILE; FECES; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; LACTIC ACID; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OLIGOSACCHARIDES;

EID: 33750138746     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/BJN20061853     Document Type: Article

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