Effect of lactulose on the metabolism of
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Misael Uribe; Octavio Campollo; Christiane Cote
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Article
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1990
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Short-chain (C,-C,) fatty acids account for 80%-70% of the anions in the colon. Acetate (C,) is nontoxic in contrast to C,,,,-C, fatty acids (propionate, butyrate, isobutyrate, valerate, and isovalerate). which induce coma in animals and may be important in the patho-gen& of hepatic coma in hum