Influence of Chronic Intake of New Sweetener Fructooligosaccharide (Neosugar) on Growth and Gastrointestinal Function of the Rat

Journal of Nutritional Science and Vitaminology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1986, Pages 111-121

  Tokunaga, Takahisa ^a   Oku, Tsuneyuki ^a   Hosoya, Norimasa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

chronic intake; dietary fiber; fructooligosaccharide; gastrointestinal; Neosugar; sweetener; undigestibility

Indexed keywords

FRUCTOSE OLIGOSACCHARIDE; MANNAN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BODY WEIGHT; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DRUG EFFICACY; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RAT;

ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; CHOLESTEROL; FATTY ACIDS, VOLATILE; FECES; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; GASTROINTESTINAL SYSTEM; GROWTH; MALE; OLIGOSACCHARIDES; ORGAN WEIGHT; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; STEROLS; SWEETENING AGENTS; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 0022590334     PISSN: 03014800     EISSN: 18817742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3177/jnsv.32.111     Document Type: Article

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