Digestion, excretion, and energy value of fructooligosaccharides in healthy humans

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 324-328

  Molis, Christine ^b   Flourié, Bernard ^b   Ouarne, Françoise ^b   Gailing, Marie Frédérique ^b   Lartigue, Sylvie ^b   Guibert, Alain ^b   Bornet, Francis ^b   Galmiche, Jean Paul ^a  

^a CHU de Nantes   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Digestion; fructooligosaccharides; indigestible carbohydrates; intestinal aspiration

Indexed keywords

FRUCTOSE OLIGOSACCHARIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLON FLORA; DIGESTION; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; FRUCTOSE METABOLISM; GASTROINTESTINAL ABSORPTION; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE;

EID: 0029840195     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/64.3.324     Document Type: Article

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