Medium chain triglycerides: a review of their enteral use in clinical nutrition.

Sucher K.P.

Medium chain triglycerides: a review of their enteral use in clinical nutrition.

1986

Sucher K.P.

This article reviews the enteral use of medium chain triglycerides (MCT) in clinical nutrition. MCT are defined as fatty acids containing 8 and 10 carbon chains, although some contain more or less than this amount. Most commercial enteral products combine MCT with polyunsaturated triglycerides because MCT oil contains no essential fatty acids. MCT differ from long chain triglycerides (LCT) in the mode of digestion, absorption, and metabolism. Because of this, MCT have been used for over 30 years to supply calories to patients with a variety of pancreatic and gastrointestinal disorders. Recipes that include MCT oil and products that contain MCT are available from manufacturers.(lsp).

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Palabras clave de AGROVOC

metabolism metabolisme metabolismo therapeutic diets

Información bibliográfica

Publicado en

Nutrition in clinical practice : official publication of the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition

Volumen 1 ISSN 0884-5336

Paginación

v.146-150(3)

Otras materias

Regime therapeutique; Dieta terapeutica

Idioma

Inglés

Nota

ill., charts. 32 references.

Tipo

Journal Article

Fuente

Nutrition-in-clinical-practice-:-official-publication-of-the-American-Society-for-Parenteral-and-Enteral-Nutrition (USA). (Jun 1986). v. 1(3) p. 146-150.

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