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Short-Chain Fatty Acids (SCFAs) are saturated aliphatic organic acids that consist of one to six carbons of which formate (C1), acetate (C2), propionate (C3), butyrate (C4), isobutyrate (C4), valerate (C5), and isovalerate (C5)
Cook & Sellin 1998 Aliment. Pharmacol. Ther. 12: 499-507
Layden et al. 2013 Transl Res 161: 131-40
Li et al. 2025 Trends in Cancer 11(2): 154

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A discrete genetic locus confers xyloglucan metabolism in select human gut Bacteroidetes.
Larsbrink et al. 2014
Biological effects of short-chain fatty acids in nonruminant mammals
Bugaut et al. 1993
Butyrate and other short-chain fatty acids as modulators of immunity: what relevance for health?
Meijer et al. 2010 Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care 13:715–721
Review
Contribution of the gut microbiota to the regulation of host metabolism and energy balance: a focus on the gut–liver axis
Delzenne et al. 2019
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Fatty Acid Diets: Regulation of Gut Microbiota Composition and Obesity and Its Related Metabolic Dysbiosis
Machate et al. 2020
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Short chain fatty acids and their receptors: new metabolic targets
Layden et al. 2013 Transl Res 161: 131-40
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The gut microbiome in health and in disease
Shreiner et al. 2015 Curr. Opin. Gastroenterol. 31: 69-75
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