Nonabsorbed carbohydrate: effect on fecal pH in methane-excreting and nonexcreting individuals.
Nonabsorbed carbohydrate: effect on fecal pH in methane-excreting and nonexcreting individuals.
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未吸收的碳水化合物:对甲烷排泄和非排泄个体粪便 pH 值的影响。
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发表时间:
1989
影响因子:
7.1
通讯作者:
J. Perman
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作者:
J. Flick;J. Perman
To determine whether the acidifying effect of malabsorbed carbohydrate on fecal pH differed between methane-excreting and nonexcreting individuals, we administered the poorly absorbed disaccharide lactulose to five CH4 excretors and six CH4 nonexcretors. Lactulose, 20 g twice daily for 1 wk, significantly lowered fecal pH among CH4 nonexcretors as compared with CH4-excreting individuals (5.38 +/- 0.66 vs 6.90 +/- 0.61, p less than 0.01). To determine whether this observation was due to differences in acid production from bacterial carbohydrate fermentation, feces from each subject were incubated with lactulose. There were no differences in in vitro acid or hydrogen production between groups. We conclude that malabsorbed carbohydrate fails to induce in vivo colonic acidification in CH4 excretors. In contrast, in vitro fecal carbohydrate fermentation is similar among CH4 excretors and nonexcretors. These results suggest differences between these two groups in the colonic absorption of fermentation products.