Gastric emptying and orocaecal transit time of meals containing lactulose or inulin in men

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 554-559

  Clegg, Miriam ^a   Shafat, Amir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Gastric emptying; Inulin; Lactulose; Orocaecal transit time

Indexed keywords

INULIN; LACTULOSE; HYDROGEN;

ACCELERATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREATH ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTESTINE TRANSIT TIME; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MEAL; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NORMAL HUMAN; OROCECAL TRANSIT TIME; STOMACH EMPTYING; CECUM; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLON; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFECT; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; BREATH TESTS; CECUM; COLON; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; GASTRIC EMPTYING; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; HUMANS; HYDROGEN; INULIN; LACTULOSE; MALE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956214067     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114510000905     Document Type: Article

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