Propionate as a health-promoting microbial metabolite in the human gut

Nutrition Reviews

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 245-258

  Hosseini, Elham ^a   Grootaert, Charlotte ^a   Verstraete, Willy ^a   Van de Wiele, Tom ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cancer; Colon; Gastrointestinal; Obesity; Propionic acid; Satiety

Indexed keywords

ARABINOXYLAN; CARBOHYDRATE; CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; PROPIONIC ACID; RHAMNOSE;

CARCINOGENESIS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; EDITORIAL; FERMENTATION; FUNCTIONAL FOOD; HUMAN; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM; INTESTINE FLORA; LIPOGENESIS; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN;

BACTERIA; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; DIET; FERMENTATION; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; PREBIOTICS; PROPIONATES;

EID: 79955376336     PISSN: 00296643     EISSN: 17534887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-4887.2011.00388.x     Document Type: Editorial

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