Introduction. <strong>Section I: Short Chain Fatty Acid Production. 1.</strong> Control of short chain volatile acid production in the colon; M.J. Wolin. <strong>2.</strong> Quantitating short chain fatty acid production in humans; J.H. Cummings. <strong>3.</strong> Energy value of fermentation; E. Wisker, W. Feldheim. <strong>4.</strong> Segmental differences in colonic function; G.I. Sandle. <strong>5.</strong> Short chain fatty acid and lactate production by human intestinal bacteria grown in batch and continuous culture; G.T. Macfarlane, G.R. Gibson, S. Macfarlane. <strong>6.</strong> In vivo models for short chain fatty acid production; T. Midtvedt. <strong>Section II: Short Chain Fatty Acid</strong> <strong>Absorption. 7.</strong> Methodological approaches to study colonic short chain fatty acid transport; J.H. Sellin. <strong>8.</strong> In vitro studies of short chain fatty acid transport with intact tissue; G. Rechkemmer. <strong>9.</strong> Short chain fatty acid transport by human intestinal apical membranes; K. Ramaswamy, J.M. Harig, K.H. Soergel. <strong>10.</strong> Short chain fatty acid stimulation of electroneutral Na--Cl absorption: role of apical SCFA--HCO<sub>3</sub> and SCFA--Cl Exchanges; V.M. Rajendran, H.J. Binder. <strong>Section III: Colonocyte Biology. 11.</strong> Colonocyte differentiation and proliferation: overview and the butyrate-induced transcriptional regulation of oncodevelopmental placental-like alkaline phosphatase gene in colon cancer cells; Y.S. Kim, J.R. Gum, S.B. Ho, G. Deng. <strong>12.</strong> Effect of butyrate on gene expression; J. Kruh, L. Tichonicky, N. Defer. <strong>13.</strong> Butyrate and the colorectal cancer cell; G.P. Young, P.R. Gibson. <strong>14.</strong> Short chain fatty acids and postoperative intestinal adaptation; K.J. Reilly, W.L. Frankel, J.L. Rombeau. <strong>15.</strong> Cellular metabolism of colonocytes; J.R. del Castillo, R. Muñiz, M.C. Súlbaran-Carrasco, S. Pekerar. <strong>Section</strong> <strong>IV: Short Chain Fatty Acids and Colonic Diseases. 16.</strong> The imprint of disease on short chain fatty acid metabolism by colonocytes; W.E.W. Roediger. <strong>17.</strong> Short chain fatty acids improve epithelia in ulcerative colitis? Speculation on mechanisms; W. Scheppach. <strong>18.</strong> Short chain fatty acid rectal irrigation therapy for left-sided ulcerative colitis: A randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial. Interim report; R.I. Breuer, M.L. Christ, B.A. Lashner, K.H. Soergel, S.B. Hanauer, J.M. Harig, ZM. Robinson, A. VAnagunas, A. Keshavarzian, T. Wardzala, M. Hinkle, M. Desai, A. Rademaker. <strong>19.</strong> The use of short chain fatty acids in oral rehydration solutions; B.S. Ramakrishna. <strong>20.</strong> Mechanism of carbohydrate-induced diarrhoea; J.-C. Rambaud, B. Flourié. <strong>21.</strong> Antibiotic-associated diarrhoea; P.B. Mortensen, M.R. Clausen. <strong>Section V: Short Chain Fatty Acids and</strong> <strong>Metabolism. 22.</strong> Short chain fatty acids and carbohydrate metabolism; T. Wolever. <strong>23.</strong> Propionate -- sources and effect on lipid metabolism; A. Stephen. <strong>24.</strong> Short chain fatty acids and hepatic metabolism; C. Demigné, C. Ré mésy. Index. <br/>