Dietary sorbitol and mannitol: Food content and distinct absorption patterns between healthy individuals and patients with irritable bowel syndrome

Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics

Volumn 27, Issue SUPPL2, 2014, Pages 263-275

  Yao, C K ^a   Tan, H L ^a   van Langenberg, D R ^a   Barrett, J S ^a   Rose, R ^a   Liels, K ^a   Gibson, P R ^a   Muir, J G ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hydrogen breath tests; Intestinal absorption; Irritable bowel syndrome; Mannitol; Polyols; Sorbitol malabsorption

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; MANNITOL; SORBITOL;

ADULT; BREATH ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DIET; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; FRUIT; HUMAN; IRRITABLE COLON; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; NORMAL HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SMALL INTESTINE; VEGETABLE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BREATH TESTS; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DIET; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FRUIT; GLUCOSE; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HUMANS; INTESTINE, SMALL; IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME; MALE; MANNITOL; MIDDLE AGED; SORBITOL; VEGETABLES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897038573     PISSN: 09523871     EISSN: 1365277X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jhn.12144     Document Type: Article

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