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Fecal long chain fatty acids and colon cancer risk
Author(s) -
Sperry J. F.,
Salyers A. A.,
Wilkins T. D.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
lipids
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.601
H-Index - 120
eISSN - 1558-9307
pISSN - 0024-4201
DOI - 10.1007/bf02532879
Subject(s) - feces , lipidology , colorectal cancer , clinical chemistry , excretion , long chain , biology , short chain fatty acid , food science , gastroenterology , medicine , cancer , chemistry , biochemistry , microbiology and biotechnology , fermentation , butyrate , polymer science
To determine whether excretion of high concentrations of long chain fatty acids might be associated with high colon cancer risk, we compared concentrations of major long chain fatty acids in the feces of four populations at different risk for colon cancer. Concentrations of C18∶1 were found to be significantly higher (P<0.05) in the feces of the two high risk populations than in the feces of the two low risk populations.