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. 1960 Mar;1(1):44-7.
doi: 10.1136/gut.1.1.44.

Serotonin, bananas, and diarrhoea

A M CONNELL, E N ROWLANDS, P B WILCOX

Serotonin, bananas, and diarrhoea

A M CONNELL et al. Gut. 1960 Mar.

Abstract

From previous studies on serotonin it seemed possible that it might play a major rôle in determining the rhythm of the bowel in man. This hypothesis was tested, with negative results, by observing the effect of giving bananas, a rich natural source of serotonin, to normal subjects and by measuring the excretion of 5-hydroxyindolacetic acid in patients with diarrhoea.

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