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The use of 14C-labelled substrates to study plant cell wall breakdown in the gastrointestinal tract

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2007

Callum J. Buchanan ,
Stephen C. Fry  and
Martin A. Eastwood
Callum J. Buchanan
Affiliation:
Institute of Cell and Molecular Biology, The University of Edinburgh, King's Building, EdinburghEH9 3JH
Stephen C. Fry
Affiliation:
Institute of Cell and Molecular Biology, The University of Edinburgh, King's Building, EdinburghEH9 3JH
Martin A. Eastwood
Affiliation:
Gastrointestinal Unit, Department of Medicine, Western General Hospital, The University of Edinburgh, EdinburghEH4 2XU
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‘The nutritional consequences of complex carbohydrates’ Symposium 3
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Proceedings of the Nutrition Society , Volume 55 , Issue 3 , November 1996 , pp. 927 - 936
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Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1996

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