title: Intestinal gas formation and the use of breath measurements to monitor the influence of diet and disease.
abstract: With the development of sophisticated physiological and biochemical analytical techniques and intestinal gas analysis, both direct, e.g. Argon washout and indirect, e.g. breath measurements of H2 and labelled CO2 derived from intestinal metabolism, greater understanding of the influence of diet on intestinal gas production and the development of diagnostic procedures for identifying causes of malabsorption have evolved. The use of stable isotopes and different probe molecules will see even greater developments in this field in the years ahead.
mesh_terms: D000388:Air / Q000032:analysis; D001419:Bacteria / Q000378:metabolism; D001944:Breath Tests; D003106:Colon / Q000382:microbiology; D004032:Diet; D004884:Eructation / Q000503:physiopathology; D005414:Flatulence / Q000503:physiopathology; D005740:Gases / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D007410:Intestinal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D007422:Intestines / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D005740:Gases