Abdominal distension after eating lettuce: The role of intestinal gas evaluated in vitro and by abdominal CT imaging.

Elizabeth Barba-OrozcoBorja SánchezEmanuel BurriAnna AccarinoEva MonclusIsabel NavazoFrancisco GuarnerAbelardo MargollesFernando Azpiroz

Published in: Neurogastroenterology and motility : the official journal of the European Gastrointestinal Motility Society (2019)

Lettuce is a low gas-releasing substrate for microbiota fermentation and lettuce-induced abdominal distension is produced by an uncoordinated activity of the abdominal walls. Correction of the somatic response might be more effective than the current dietary restriction strategy.

Keyphrases

computed tomography
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mass spectrometry
positron emission tomography
dna methylation
endothelial cells
dual energy
saccharomyces cerevisiae
ionic liquid