An investigation of the effects of elemental diet feeding on bile acid metabolism and small intestinal structure and function

Nelson, Lesley Margaret (1979) An investigation of the effects of elemental diet feeding on bile acid metabolism and small intestinal structure and function. PhD thesis, University of Glasgow.

Abstract

The work reported in this thesis examines the effect of commercially available elemental diets on bile acid metabolism and small bowel structure and function in rats and humans. The development of elemental or synthetically formulated, chemically defined diets is described in Chapter 2, and bile acid metabolism and gut structure and function are discussed in Chapters 5 and 4 of the introductory section, Section I. In Section II the results of the studies on the effects of elemental diets on bile acid metabolism and pancreatic secretion are reported and in Section III small bowel structure and function in relation to elemental diet feeding have been investigated. The two diets studied were Vivonex and Flexical, which differ in their fat content, the nature of the nitrogen source and the carbohydrate composition. Section IV is a general discussion section. (Abstract shortened by ProQuest.).

• Item Type: Thesis (PhD)
• Qualification Level: Doctoral
• Additional Information: Adviser: E M McGirr
• Keywords: Nutrition, Physiology
• Date of Award: 1979
• Depositing User: Enlighten Team
• Unique ID: glathesis:1979-72811
• Copyright: Copyright of this thesis is held by the author.
• Date Deposited: 11 Jun 2019 11:06
• Last Modified: 11 Jun 2019 11:06
• URI: https://theses.gla.ac.uk/id/eprint/72811