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Short Chain Fatty Acids
Abbreviated SCFA, it refers to molecules which otherwise meet the formal definition of fatty acids, but whose "molecular chain" length is shorter than that of fatty acids. Some SCFA's cause epigenetic changes to some cellular DNA. For example, some fruits are broken-down in the human digestive system to yield the short chain fatty acid (SCFA) known as butyrate within the human colon. Butyrate can act via an epigenetic mechanism (i.e., histone modification) to cause apoptosis of cancerous cells in the colon; thereby reducing the incidence of human;s colon cancer.
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| FATTY ACIDS, ESSENTIAL FATTY ACIDS, EPIGENETIC, HISTONE MODIFICATION, APOPTOSIS, BETA-GLUCAN |
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The term "Short Chain Fatty Acids" also appears in the definition(s) of the following term(s): Beta-Glucan |
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