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- noun Plural form of
colonocyte .
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Tumor cells were judged to be negative for protein expression only if they lacked staining in a sample in which normal colonocytes and stroma cells were stained.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Victoria Gonzalo et al. 2010
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Positives include having only 1.5 calories per gram versus 4 for table sugar and honey (so although not no calorie, it’s low calorie), not rotting your teeth, and exerting a pre-biotic effect in the gut by stimulating the cells of the colon to crank up their production of butyrate (a short chain fatty acid) that helps nourish both the colonocytes and the friendly bacteria there.
Sweeter Than Sugar? 2007
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