Core and periphery concentrations of short-chain fatty acids in luminal contents of the rat colon.
1. The regional concentration of short-chain fatty acids was higher in the core than in the periphery of the round slices of contents. 2. Marked circadian and segmental fluctuations existed in their concentrations.
Yakult Central Institute for Microbiological Research, Physiology Group, Tokyo, Japan.
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D000818:Animals; D001834:Body Water / Q000378:metabolism; D002940:Circadian Rhythm / Q000502:physiology; D003106:Colon / Q000378:metabolism*; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley
D005227:Fatty Acids