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Microbial and dietary metabolism

Acetate

The most abundant short-chain fatty acid in the circulation; it comes from gut bacterial fermentation, ethanol metabolism and, during fasting, hepatic oxidation of fatty acids.

Application contexts

  • Metabolism and nutrition
  • Microbiota and host interaction

Matrices

  • Faeces
  • Tissues · muscle
  • Serum or plasma
  • Urine

Related techniques

  • ¹H-NMR