The thickness of the intestinal mucous layer in the colon of rats fed various sources of non-digestible carbohydrates is positively correlated with the pool of SCFA but negatively correlated with the proportion of butyric acid in digesta

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 117-125

  Hedemann, Mette S ^a   Theil, Peter K ^a   Bach Knudsen, K E ^a  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

Author keywords

MUC2; MUC3; Mucin; Non digestible carbohydrates

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; BUTYRIC ACID; CARBOHYDRATE; CELLULOSE; INULIN; MUCIN; MUCIN 2; MUCIN 3; PECTIN; RNA; SHORT CHAIN FATTY ACID; STARCH; MUC2 PROTEIN, RAT; MUC3 PROTEIN, RAT; VOLATILE FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; CECUM; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COLON MUCOSA; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CONTROL; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; RAT; RNA ISOLATION; STAINING; THICKNESS; ANIMAL; BARLEY; CHEMISTRY; COLON; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIETARY FIBER; DRUG EFFECT; FERMENTATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; INTESTINE MUCOSA; METABOLISM; MICROMANIPULATION; RANDOMIZATION; STOMACH JUICE; WISTAR RAT;

HORDEUM; RATTUS;

ANIMALS; BUTYRIC ACID; CECUM; COLON; DIETARY FIBER; FATTY ACIDS, VOLATILE; FERMENTATION; GASTROINTESTINAL CONTENTS; GENE EXPRESSION; HORDEUM; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; INULIN; MALE; MICROMANIPULATION; MUCIN-2; MUCIN-3; MUCINS; PECTINS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STARCH;

EID: 69249214229     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114508143549     Document Type: Article

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