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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… 
National Institutes of Health

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Review
2016
Review
2016
From Dietary Fiber to Host Physiology: Short-Chain Fatty Acids as Key Bacterial Metabolites
Review
2016
Review
2016
Intestinal Short Chain Fatty Acids and their Link with Diet and Human Health
The colon is inhabited by a dense population of microorganisms, the so-called “gut microbiota,” able to ferment carbohydrates and… 
Highly Cited
2013
Highly Cited
2013
Commensal microbe-derived butyrate induces the differentiation of colonic regulatory T cells
Gut commensal microbes shape the mucosal immune system by regulating the differentiation and expansion of several types of T cell… 
Highly Cited
2013
Highly Cited
2013
Metabolites produced by commensal bacteria promote peripheral regulatory T cell generation
Intestinal microbes provide multicellular hosts with nutrients and confer resistance to infection. The delicate balance between… 
Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
Regulation of inflammatory responses by gut microbiota and chemoattractant receptor GPR43
The immune system responds to pathogens by a variety of pattern recognition molecules such as the Toll-like receptors (TLRs… 
Review
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… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Volatile fatty acids as indicators of process imbalance in anaerobic digestors
In continuously stirred tank reactor experiments, with manure as substrate at thermophilic temperatures, the use of volatile… 
Review
1990
Review
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… 
Highly Cited
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… 
Highly Cited
1952
Highly Cited
1952
Gas-liquid partition chromatography; the separation and micro-estimation of volatile fatty acids from formic acid to dodecanoic acid.
Industry has long used charcoal or other solid absorbents in columns for cleaning gas streams or for solvent recovery, and more… 
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