Metabolic conversions of dietary carbohydrates by gut microbes

Dietary Fibre Components and Functions

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 145-156

  Venema, K ^a,b   de Graaf, A A ^a,c   Deutz, N E P ^a,c  

^a TOP INSTITUTE FOOD AND NUTRITION   (Netherlands)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Carbohydrates; Colonic microbiota; Fermentation; Metabolic fluxes

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951987607     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.3920/978-90-8686-622-9     Document Type: Chapter

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