Dietary fiber and gastrointestinal disease.
Surg Gynecol Obstet
; 177(2): 209-14, 1993 Aug.
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| ID: mdl-8393593
ABSTRACT
Fiber is an important physiologic component of the diet. Dietary fiber contains soluble and insoluble substrates. Soluble fiber components are fermented by colonic microflora, with the resultant production of SCFAs and gas. SCFAs are important fuels, not only for colonic mucosa, but also for the small intestine through secondary metabolism to glutamine and ketone bodies. The clinical importance of dietary fiber and its metabolic products on gastrointestinal and nongastrointestinal functions have yet to be fully realized.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Fibras na Dieta
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Gastroenteropatias
Limite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Surg Gynecol Obstet
Ano de publicação:
1993
Tipo de documento:
Article