PARTIALLY HYDROLYZED GUAR GUM INTAKE AMELIORATES CONSTIPATION, IMPROVES NUTRITIONAL STATUS AND REDUCES INDOXYLSULFURIC ACID IN DIALYSIS PATIENTS.

• Main Authors: Hiroto Maeda (Author), Tomoko Uemura (Author), Makoto Nasu (Author), Natsumi Iwata (Author), Junko Yoshimura (Author), Shoji Sakai (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: The Korean Society of Nephrology, 2012-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Dialysis patients often develop constipation and changes in intestinal bacterial flora. Indoxylsulfuric acid (IS) levels rise as glomerular filtration decreases, and patients with renal failure have high IS. Elevated IS is also caused by increased indole due to altered intestinal flora (Takayama et...