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In controls glutamine metabolism was greater in the ascending (mean (SD)) (4.9 (3.2) nmol\/h\/micrograms protein) than in the descending colon (1.4 0.7)) (p &lt; 0.05, Mann-Whitney U test), but butyrate metabolism was similar in the two regions (ascending 62.6 (44.2), descending 51.5 (32.0)). Consequently ratios of butyrate\/glutamine metabolism were higher in the descending colon (20.6 (14.3)) than in the ascending colon (14.3 (9.6)) (p &lt; 0.05). In UC, rates of butyrate metabolism were similar in the ascending (92.5 (58.3) nmol\/h\/micrograms protein) and descending (93.3 (115)) colon, and these were not significantly different from controls. In UC, glutamine metabolism was similar in the ascending (6.2 (7.7) nmol\/h\/micrograms protein) and descending colon (7.8 (7.9)); the metabolism in the descending colon was significantly greater than in controls (p &lt; 0.01). Butyrate (135 (56) nmol\/h\/microgram protein) and glutamine (24.1 (16.2)) metabolism in the ileum in UC, were not significantly different from control values (butyrate 111 (57), glutamine 15.5 (15.6)). 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