PMID- 8892181
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 19970204
LR  - 20190909
IS  - 0731-5724 (Print)
IS  - 0731-5724 (Linking)
VI  - 15
IP  - 5 Suppl
DP  - 1996 Oct
TI  - Role of colonic scavengers of unabsorbed carbohydrates in infants and children.
PG  - 30S-34S
AB  - The role of the colonic bacterial flora as scavenger of carbohydrate (CHO) in 
      general and that of fruit juice in particular is reviewed. In the large bowel, 
      CHO is fermented to short chain fatty acids (SCFA) and gas. SCFA are not produced 
      in the immediate neonatal period when the fecal flora is still at the first stage 
      of its development. Studies have demonstrated that mature animals have a 
      compensatory response to diarrhea by increasing six times the capacity to absorb 
      fluids in the large bowel compared to the younger animals; furthermore, CHO that 
      arrives in the colon is completely fermented to SCFA while in the younger pigs 
      CHO passes through the colon unchanged. As in the young pigs, a similar situation 
      can occur in young children when a relatively large amount of CHO arrives in the 
      large bowel.
FAU - Lifschitz, C H
AU  - Lifschitz CH
AD  - USDA/ARS Children's Nutrition Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor 
      College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PT  - Review
PL  - United States
TA  - J Am Coll Nutr
JT  - Journal of the American College of Nutrition
JID - 8215879
RN  - 0 (Dietary Carbohydrates)
RN  - 0 (Fatty Acids)
SB  - IM
MH  - Animals
MH  - Colon/*metabolism/microbiology
MH  - Dietary Carbohydrates/*metabolism
MH  - Fatty Acids/metabolism
MH  - Fermentation
MH  - Humans
MH  - Intestinal Absorption
RF  - 16
EDAT- 1996/10/01 00:00
MHDA- 1996/10/01 00:01
CRDT- 1996/10/01 00:00
PHST- 1996/10/01 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 1996/10/01 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 1996/10/01 00:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1080/07315724.1996.10720473 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Am Coll Nutr. 1996 Oct;15(5 Suppl):30S-34S. doi: 
      10.1080/07315724.1996.10720473.