| Description |
xx, 575 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: 1. Definitions and history O. M. Wrong -- 2. Chemistry of short-chain fatty acids (SCFA) M. Fukushima -- 3. Measurement of acetate by enzymatic methods M. Elia and G. Jennings -- 4. Biochemistry and microbiology in the rumen R. J. Wallace -- 5. SCFA in the hindgut G. Breves and K. Stuck -- 6. Microbiological aspects of SCFA production in the large bowel G. T. Macfarlane and G. R. Gibson -- 7. Reductive acetogenesis in animal and human gut M. Durand and A. Bernalier -- 8. Flow dynamics of digesta and colonic fermentation I. D. Hume -- 9. Transport of SCFA in the ruminant forestomach G. Ga;bel -- 10. Absorption of SCFA from the large intestine W. v. Engelhardt -- 11. Metabolism of SCFA in the liver C. Re;me;sy, C. Demigne -- and C. Morand -- 12. Effects of SCFA from the large intestine C. Cherbut -- 13. Sensory mechanisms for SCFA in the colon T. Yajima -- 14. Effects of SCFA on exocrine and endocrine pancreatic secretion K. Katoh -- 15. Effect of SCFA on salivary flow in ruminants P. Nørgaard -- 16. Utilization of volatile fatty acids in ruminants E. R. Ørskov -- 17. SCFA, pancreatic hormones and appetite control A. de Jong -- 18. Effects of butyrate on cell proliferation and gene expression J. Kruh, N. Defer and L. Tichonicky -- 19. Effects of SCFA on gut epithelial cell proliferation in vivo T. Sakata -- 20. SCFA and colon tumorigenesis J. R. Lupton -- 21. Butyrate and the human cancer cell G. P. Young and P. R. Gibson -- 22. The place of SCFAs in coloncyte metabolism in health and ulcerative colitis W. E. W. Roediger -- 23. Management of diversion colitis, pouchitis and distal ulcerative colitis W. Scheppach, P. Bartram and F. Richter -- 24. The effects of SCFA on phagocytic cell function G. F. Brisseau and O. D. Rotstein -- 25. SCFA, antibiotic associated diarrhoea, colonic adenomas and cancer P. B. Mortensen and M. R. Clausen -- 26. In vivo and in vitro effects of SCFA on intestinal blood circulation F. V. Mortensen and H. Nielsen -- 27. SCFA and intestinal surgery J. L. Rombeau, K. J. Reilly and R. H. Rolandelli -- 28. SCFA as an energy source in the colon G. Livesey and M. Elia -- 29. SCFA and carbohydrate metabolism T. M. S. Wolever -- 30. SCFA and hepatic lipid metabolism D. L. Topping and I. Pant -- 31. SCFA and lipid metabolism J. W. Anderson -- 32. Colonic SCFA in infants and children C. H. Lifschitz -- 33. Short-chain triglycerides in clinical nutrition S. J. DeMichele and M. D. Karlstad |
| Analysis |
Fatty acids |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Fatty acids -- Metabolism.
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Fatty acids -- Physiological effect.
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Intestines.
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Fatty Acids, Volatile -- physiology.
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| Author |
Cummings, John H.
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Rombeau, John L.
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Sakata, Takashi.
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| LC no. |
94007853 |
| ISBN |
0521440483 (hardback) |
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