Engineering approaches to chewing and digestion

The guts of people and animals function like industrial chemical plants. They are assemblies of tubes and tanks in which foods are hydrolysed by enzyme-catalysed reactions, or fermented by microorganisms. Raw materials enter at one end, waste matter is voided at the other, and valuable products are...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Science progress (1916) 1999, Vol.82 (2), p.171-184
1. Verfasser:	ALEXANDER, R. McN
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Animal digestion Animals Bioreactors Cell walls Chemical Engineering Chemical plants Chemical reactions Chemical reactors Chewing Diet Digestion - physiology Entrances Fermentation Fermented food Food Food intake Food processing Foregut Grinding mills Herbivores Humans Industrial plants Mastication Mastication - physiology Microorganisms Raw materials Tubes
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