| Term: | gut short-chain fatty acid |
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| Note: | This page represents a term created by the combination ("post-composition") of two ontology terms. For more information on the individual terms, click the hyperlinked name. |
| Name: | gut |
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| Synonyms: | alimentary canal, enteric tract, gut tube |
| Definition: | The alimentary or digestive tract, and associated organs. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000112] |
| Name: | short-chain fatty acid |
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| Synonyms: | SCFA, SCFAs, short-chain fatty acids |
| Definition: | An aliphatic monocarboxylic acid with a chain length of less than C6. If any non-hydrocarbon substituent is present, the compound is not normally regarded as a short-chain fatty acid. |
| Ontology: | ChEBI [CHEBI:26666] ( EBI ) |