Primary Recipient

MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER

Amount

$50,000.00

Award Date

9/16/2009

Administering Agency

Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health

CDFA Number

93.701

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support

Description

The short chain fatty acid butyrate (NaB), present in high concentrations in the colonic lumen principally from the fermentation of dietary fiber, plays a physiological role in colonic homeostasis. This involves maintaining an equilibrium not only between