Review article: Insights into colonic protein fermentation, its modulation and potential health implications

Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 181-196

  Yao, C K ^a   Muir, J G ^a   Gibson, P R ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; AMMONIA; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; POLYSACCHARIDE; PROTEIN; SHORT CHAIN FATTY ACID; STARCH; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; PROTEIN INTAKE; VOLATILE FATTY ACID;

ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; COLON; COLON FLORA; COLON MUCOSA; COLORECTAL CANCER; DIET; EMBASE; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; FERMENTATION; FLATULENCE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTESTINE INNERVATION; INTESTINE MOTILITY; IRRITABLE COLON; LOW CARBOHYDRATE DIET; MEDLINE; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DIET; PROTEIN FERMENTATION; PROTEIN INTAKE; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; ADMINISTRATION AND DOSAGE; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

AMMONIA; COLON; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DIET; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; DIETARY PROTEINS; FATTY ACIDS, VOLATILE; FERMENTATION; HUMANS;

EID: 84955180903     PISSN: 02692813     EISSN: 13652036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/apt.13456     Document Type: Article

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