Nutritional aspects of breath testing based on stable isotopes.
Stable isotope methodologies offer a number of possibilities for the nutritional assessment of many different processes and metabolic pathways. The application of stable isotopes has been boosted by the development of new mass spectrometers, lower costs of probes, and the risks associated with radioactive tracers. The use of 13C as a tracer offers all the advantages of stable isotopes and has been widely applied for measuring various types of metabolic processes. This review is focused on clinical and nutritional assessments using 13C breath tests.
Parra
M Dolores
MD
Department of Physiology and Nutrition, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain.
Martínez
J Alfredo
JA
D001944:Breath Tests / Q000379:methods*; D002247:Carbon Isotopes; D006801:Humans; D015596:Nutrition Assessment; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
D002247:Carbon Isotopes