Transepithelial transport and intraepithelial metabolism of short-chain fatty acids (SCFA) in the porcine proximal colon are influenced by SCFA concentration and luminal pH

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 158, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 169-176

  Herrmann, Jens ^a   Hermes, Roland ^a   Breves, Gerhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Colon; Pig; SCFA; Transport; Ussing chamber

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; BUTYRIC ACID; PROPIONIC ACID; SHORT CHAIN FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASCENDING COLON; COLON MUCOSA; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; FATTY ACID TRANSPORT; FERMENTATION; NONHUMAN; PH MEASUREMENT; SWINE; TISSUE LEVEL;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SUIDAE; SUS; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 78649629157     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2010.10.018     Document Type: Article

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