Digestive physiology: A view from molecules to ecosystem

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 301, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Karasov, William H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Digestive system; Ecological physiology

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE; FLAVANOID; GLUCOSE; MESSENGER RNA; METHYLMERCURY; PHLORIZIN; PLANT TOXIN; STARCH;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIRD; CHICK; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DIETARY INTAKE; DIGESTIVE FUNCTION; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; ECOSYSTEM; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GLUCOSE ABSORPTION; HYDROLYSIS; INTESTINE CELL; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SPARROW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TIGHT JUNCTION; WILDLIFE;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; DIGESTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PLANTS;

EID: 79961067794     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00600.2010     Document Type: Review

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