Partially Hydrolyzed Guar Gum Accelerates Colonic Transit Time and Improves Symptoms in Adults with Chronic Constipation

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 59, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 2207-2214

  Polymeros, Dimitrios ^a   Beintaris, Iosif ^a   Gaglia, Asimina ^a   Karamanolis, George ^a   Papanikolaou, Ioannis S ^a   Dimitriadis, George ^a   Triantafyllou, Konstantinos ^a  

^a NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Chronic constipation; Colonic transit time; Partially hydrolyzed guar gum; Supplementary fiber

Indexed keywords

GUAR GUM; LAXATIVE; PARTIALLY HYDROLYZED GUAR GUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; BLOATING; CHRONIC CONSTIPATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COLONIC TRANSIT TIME; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFECATION; DIETARY FIBER; DRUG EFFECT; FECES ANALYSIS; FECES COMPOSITION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INTESTINE FUNCTION; INTESTINE PARAMETERS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPONTANEOUS BOWEL MOVEMENT; TIME TO TREATMENT;

ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; COLON; CONSTIPATION; DEFECATION; DIETARY FIBER; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; GALACTANS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; HUMANS; HYDROLYSIS; LAXATIVES; MALE; MANNANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PLANT GUMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84907861900     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: 15732568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-014-3135-1     Document Type: Article

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