Effects of carrier matrix and dosing frequency on digestive kinetics of even-chain alkanes and implications on herbage intake and rate of passage studies

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 84, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1562-1570

  Giráldez, F Javier ^a,c   Lamb, C Stuart ^a   López, Secundino ^b   Mayes, Robert W ^a  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

^c CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Digestive kinetics; Dosing frequency; Even chain alkanes; Faecal output; Intake prediction

Indexed keywords

CAPRA HIRCUS;

EID: 4444273645     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.1822     Document Type: Article

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