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Effects of the Soluble Fibre Pectin on Intestinal Cell Proliferation, Fecal Short Chain Fatty Acid Production and Microbial Population

DOI

109

Citations

40

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2003

Year

Tetsuya Fukunaga, Masaya Sasaki, Yoshio Araki, Toshihiko Okamoto, Takashi Yasuoka, Tomoyuki Tsujikawa, Yoshihide Fujiyama, Tadao Bamba
Digestion

Abstract

The increases in the caecal SCFAs and plasma GLP-2 levels induced by pectin supplementation may cause mucosal proliferation in the lower intestinal tract.

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