Compared effects of three oligosaccharides on metabolism of intestinal microflora in rats inoculated with a human faecal flora

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 313-324

  Djouzi, Zakia ^a   Andrieux, Claude ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Fermentation; Gnotobiotic rats; Oligosaccharides

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; BETA GLUCOSIDASE; BETA GLUCURONIDASE; HYDROGEN; METHANE; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; SHORT CHAIN FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CECUM; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INDUCTION; FECES ANALYSIS; FECES MICROFLORA; GERMFREE ANIMAL; INOCULATION; INTESTINE FLORA; LACTOBACILLUS BIFIDUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT;

ALPHA-GLUCOSIDASES; ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BACTEROIDES; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; BETA-GLUCOSIDASE; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CHOLESTEROL; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DIET; FATTY ACIDS, VOLATILE; FECES; FERMENTATION; GERM-FREE LIFE; GLUCURONIDASE; GLYCOLYSIS; HUMANS; INTESTINES; MALE; METHANE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OLIGOSACCHARIDES; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; TRIGLYCERIDES;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BIFIDOBACTERIUM BIFIDUM; LACTOBACILLUS; TOSCANA VIRUS;

EID: 0030802659     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/BJN19970149     Document Type: Article

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