Low serum levels of short-chain fatty acids after lactulose ingestion may indicate impaired colonic fermentation in patients with irritable bowel syndrome

Clinical and Experimental Gastroenterology

Volumn 8, Issue , 2015, Pages 303-308

  Undseth, Ragnhild ^a   Jakobsdottir, Greta ^b   Nyman, Margareta ^b   Berstad, Arnold ^a   Valeur, Jørgen ^a  

^a LOVISENBERG DIAKONALE HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Fermentation; FODMAP; Irritable bowel syndrome; Microbiota; Short chain fatty acids

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; BUTYRIC ACID; LACTULOSE; PROPIONIC ACID; SHORT CHAIN FATTY ACID;

ABDOMINAL DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FATTY ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTESTINE TRANSIT TIME; IRRITABLE COLON; MALE; POSTPRANDIAL STATE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 84949505107     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11787023     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/CEG.S94084     Document Type: Article

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