Abstract
Dietary fibre influence growth and function of the upper gastrointestinal tract. This study investigates the importance of dietary fibre in intestinal growth in experimental diabetes, and correlates intestinal growth with plasma levels of the intestinotrophic factor, glucagon-like peptide 2 (GLP-2).
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Journal | Gut |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| Pages (from-to) | 672-8 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| ISSN | 0017-5749 |
| Publication status | Published - Nov 1999 |
Keywords
- Animals
- Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental
- Dietary Fiber
- Glucagon-Like Peptide 2
- Glucagon-Like Peptides
- Intestinal Mucosa
- Intestine, Small
- Male
- Organ Size
- Oxyntomodulin
- Peptides
- Random Allocation
- Rats
- Rats, Wistar
