Fatty Acids, Volatile

Known as: Short Chain Fatty Acid, Volatile Fatty Acid, Short-Chain Fatty Acids 
Short-chain fatty acids of up to six carbon atoms in length. They are the major end products of microbial fermentation in the ruminant digestive… (More)
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2018
Review
2018
Gut microbiota functions: metabolism of nutrients and other food components
The diverse microbial community that inhabits the human gut has an extensive metabolic repertoire that is distinct from, but… (More)
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2017
Review
2017
Formation of propionate and butyrate by the human colonic microbiota.
The human gut microbiota ferments dietary non-digestible carbohydrates into short-chain fatty acids (SCFA). These microbial… (More)
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Highly Cited
2013
Highly Cited
2013
The microbial metabolites, short-chain fatty acids, regulate colonic Treg cell homeostasis.
Regulatory T cells (Tregs) that express the transcription factor Foxp3 are critical for regulating intestinal inflammation… (More)
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2012
Highly Cited
2012
Short-Chain Fatty Acids Stimulate Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Secretion via the G-Protein–Coupled Receptor FFAR2
Interest in how the gut microbiome can influence the metabolic state of the host has recently heightened. One postulated link is… (More)
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2006
Review
2006
Colonic health: fermentation and short chain fatty acids.
Interest has been recently rekindled in short chain fatty acids (SCFAs) with the emergence of prebiotics and probiotics aimed at… (More)
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Review
2003
Review
2003
Regulation of short-chain fatty acid production.
Short-chain fatty acid (SCFA) formation by intestinal bacteria is regulated by many different host, environmental, dietary and… (More)
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Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Identification of Bacteria by Gas Chromatography of Cellular Fatty Acids Technical Note # 101
For many years, analysis of short chain fatty acids (volatile fatty acids, VFAs) has been routinely used in identification of… (More)
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2001
Review
2001
Short-chain fatty acids and human colonic function: roles of resistant starch and nonstarch polysaccharides.
Resistant starch (RS) is starch and products of its small intestinal digestion that enter the large bowel. It occurs for various… (More)
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1990
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1990
Energy contributions of volatile fatty acids from the gastrointestinal tract in various species.
The VFA, also known as short-chain fatty acids, are produced in the gastrointestinal tract by microbial fermentation of… (More)
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1987
Highly Cited
1987
Short chain fatty acids in human large intestine, portal, hepatic and venous blood.
Evidence for the occurrence of microbial breakdown of carbohydrate in the human colon has been sought by measuring short chain… (More)
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