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Short chain fatty acids in the human colon.
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Progress report Short chain fatty acids in the human colonThe human colon contains a luxuriant mixed culture of bacteria, probably at least 175 g.The special property of these bacteria is their metabolism, which is in the main strictly anaerobic, the end-products being primarily the short chain, or volatile, fatty acids, acetic, propionic, and butyric acid.These are the principal known anions in the colon but, although this has often becni rcported,' little thought has been given to the possible implications.
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Absorption of Short-Chain Fatty Acids by the Colon
Ruppin, H., Bar-Meir, S., Soergel, K. H., Wood, C. M., & Schmitt, M. G. (1980) · Gastroenterology · doi:10.1016/s0016-5085(19)30508-6 · Cited by 736
THE MICROBIAL CONTRIBUTION TO HUMAN FAECAL MASS
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The control and consequences of bacterial fermentation in the human colon
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A review of the volatiles from the healthy human body
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- Authors
- Cummings, J. H.
- Venue
- Gut
- Publisher
- BMJ
- Published
- 1981-09
- Volume
- 22
- Issue
- 9
- Pages
- 763-779
- ISSN
- 0017-5749 (ISSN-L)
- 1468-3288
- OpenAlex
- W1991737476
- Cited by
- 1,043
- References
- 2
- FWCI
- 4.74
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
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