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VFA [volatile fatty acid] molar proportions and concentrations in digestion tract and blood of different mammalian species

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Organism	Mammals
Reference	Bergman EN, Energy contributions of volatile fatty acids from the gastrointestinal tract in various species. Physiol Rev. 1990 Apr70(2):567-90. p.576 table 4PubMed ID2181501
Primary Source	See refs beneath table
Comments	"Table 4 summarizes total and individual VFA concentrations obtained simultaneously from various blood vessels and in the hindgut of rabbits, pigs, and humans compared with concentrations obtained from the blood and rumen of sheep...As discussed and as indicated in Table 4, some species differences in VFA metabolism do exist. More importantly, however, the metabolism of VFA differs with each individual compound."
Entered by	Uri M
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