Physiology of sulfide in the rat colon: use of bismuth to assess colonic sulfide production
- 1 April 2002
- journal article
- Published by American Physiological Society in Journal of Applied Physiology
- Vol. 92 (4), 1655-1660
- https://doi.org/10.1152/japplphysiol.00907.2001
Abstract
Colonic bacteria produce hydrogen sulfide, a toxic compound postulated to play a pathogenetic role in ulcerative colitis. Colonic sulfide exposure has previously been assessed via measurements of fecal sulfide concentration. However, we found thatKeywords
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