Ileal and faecal protein digestibility measurement in humans and other non-ruminants - A comparative species view

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 108, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2012, Pages

  Hendriks, Wouter H ^a,b   Van Baal, Jürgen ^a   Bosch, Guido ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

fermentation; large intestine; non ruminant; protein; review

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; FECES LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN VERSUS ANIMAL COMPARISON; ILEUM; INTESTINE ABSORPTION; INTESTINE TRANSIT TIME; LARGE INTESTINE; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN METABOLISM; SPECIES COMPARISON;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; DIET; DIETARY PROTEINS; DIGESTION; FECES; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; HUMANS; ILEUM; INTESTINE, LARGE; MODELS, ANIMAL; NITROGEN;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANIS FAMILIARIS; EQUIDAE; SUIDAE;

EID: 84868121153     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114512002395     Document Type: Article

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