title: The concentration of invidual monocarboxylic short chain fatty acids in serum of normal children.
abstract: The normal serum concentrations of short-chain fatty acids C2--C6 (acetic to n-caproic) were estimated by gas chromatography in 35 children aged 4-16 years. Individual fluctuations were wide. The highest mean level concerned acetic acid (6.98 +/- 3.71 mug/ml), whereas the mean concentrations of other SFA were considerably lower and did not exceed 1.0 mug/ml except for n-caproic acid (1.34 mug/ml).
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D002264:Carboxylic Acids / Q000097:blood*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002853:Chromatography, Liquid; D005232:Fatty Acids, Volatile / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male
chemical_list: D002264:Carboxylic Acids; D005232:Fatty Acids, Volatile