Distinct effects of two almond cultivars on agreeability and gastrointestinal motility in healthy subjects: More than mere nutraceuticals

Journal of Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 31-39

  Diella, Giusy ^a   Di Ciaula, Agostino ^b   Lorusso, Michele Pio ^a   Summo, Carmine ^c   Caggiano, Giuseppina ^a   Caponio, Francesco ^c   Montagna, Maria Teresa ^a   Portincasa, Piero ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

^b Hospital of Bisceglie   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Breath test; Mediterranean diet; Monounsaturated fatty acids; Nuts; Orocecal transit time; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALMOND; AROMA; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BREATH ANALYSIS; CULTIVAR; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FLAVOR; FOOD AGREEABILITY; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD TEXTURE; GALLBLADDER EMPTYING; GALLBLADDER MOTILITY; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTESTINE TRANSIT TIME; LACTULOSE HYDROGEN BREATH TEST; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; ORGANOLEPTIC PROPERTY; SENSORY EVALUATION; SOXHLET EXTRACTION; STOMACH ANTRUM; STOMACH EMPTYING; STOMACH MOTILITY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; ADOLESCENT; CECUM; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; ECHOGRAPHY; GALLBLADDER; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOMIZATION; SMELLING; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREATH TESTS; CECUM; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER; GASTRIC EMPTYING; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OLFACTORY PERCEPTION; PRUNUS DULCIS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85044471349     PISSN: 18418724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15403/jgld.2014.1121.271.dll     Document Type: Article

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