Physiological and Clinical Aspects of Short-Chain Fatty Acids

1. Definitions and history O. M. Wrong; 2. Chemistry of short-chain fatty acids (SCFA) M. Fukushima; 3. Measurement of acetate by enzymatic methods M. Elia and G. Jennings; 4. Biochemistry and microbiology in the rumen R. J. Wallace; 5. SCFA in the hindgut G. Breves and K. Stuck; 6. Microbiological aspects of SCFA production in the large bowel G. T. Macfarlane and G. R. Gibson; 7. Reductive acetogenesis in animal and human gut M. Durand and A. Bernalier; 8. Flow dynamics of digesta and colonic fermentation I. D. Hume; 9. Transport of SCFA in the ruminant forestomach G. Gäbel; 10. Absorption of SCFA from the large intestine W. V. Engelhardt; 11. Metabolism of SCFA in the liver C. Rémésy, C. Demigné and C. Morand; 12. Effects of SCFA from the large intestine C. Cherbut; 13. Sensory mechanisms for SCFA in the colon T. Yajima; 14. Effects of SCFA on exocrine and endocrine pancreatic secretion K. Katoh; 15. Effect of SCFA on salivary flow in ruminants P. Nørgaard; 16. Utilization of volatile fatty acids in ruminants E. R. Ørskov; 17. SCFA, pancreatic hormones and appetite control A. de Jong; 18. Effects of butyrate on cell proliferation and gene expression J. Kruh, N. Defer and L. Tichonicky; 19. Effects of SCFA on gut epithelial cell proliferation in vivo T. Sakata; 20. SCFA and colon tumorigenesis J. R. Lupton; 21. Butyrate and the human cancer cell G. P. Young and P. R. Gibson; 22. The place of SCFAs in coloncyte metabolism in health and ulcerative colitis W. E. W. Roediger; 23. Management of diversion colitis, pouchitis and distal ulcerative colitis W. Scheppach, P. Bartram and F. Richter; 24. The effects of SCFA on phagocytic cell function G. F. Brisseau and O. D. Rotstein; 25. SCFA, antibiotic associated diarrhoea, colonic adenomas and cancer P. B. Mortensen and M. R. Clausen; 26. In vivo and in vitro effects of SCFA on intestinal blood circulation F. V. Mortensen and H. Nielsen; 27. SCFA and intestinal surgery J. L. Rombeau, K. J. Reilly and R. H. Rolandelli; 28. SCFA as an energy source in the colon G. Livesey and M. Elia; 29. SCFA and carbohydrate metabolism T. M. S. Wolever; 30. SCFA and hepatic lipid metabolism D. L. Topping and I. Pant; 31. SCFA and lipid metabolism J. W. Anderson; 32. Colonic SCFA in infants and children C. H. Lifschitz; 33. Short-chain triglycerides in clinical nutrition S. J. DeMichele and M. D. Karlstad.