Related Experiment Videos
Metabolic and intestinal effects of short-chain fatty acids
1Department of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
JPEN. Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition
|September 1, 1990
Abstract:
Current research has identified the metabolic and intestinal effects of SCFA in experimental models and humans. Ample physiologic rationale has come forth to justify controlled studies of the administration of SCFA in selected patients with intestinal dysfunction.