Effect of yacon (Smallanthus sonchifolius) on colonic transit time in healthy volunteers

Digestion

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 30-33

  Geyer, M ^a,c   Manrique, I ^b   Degen, L ^a   Beglinger, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b INTERNATIONAL POTATO CENTER   (Peru)

^c NONE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Constipation; Diabetics; Fructooligosaccharides; Gastrointestinal motility; Yacon

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; PLANT EXTRACT; SMALLANTHUS SONCHIFOLIUS EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTERACEAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTESTINE TRANSIT TIME; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALLANTHUS SONCHIFOLIUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASTERACEAE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FECES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT PREPARATIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 51049124090     PISSN: 00122823     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000155214     Document Type: Article

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