A high amylose (amylomaize) starch raises proximal large bowel starch and increases colon length in pigs

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 127, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 615-622

  Topping, David L ^a   Gooden, James M ^a,b   Brown, Lan L ^a,c   Biebrick, Debra A ^a   McGrath, Leanne ^a   Trimble, Rodney P ^a   Choct, Mingan ^a,d   Illman, Richard J ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c Goodman Fielder Ingredients Limited   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

large bowel; pigs; starch; steroid metabolism; volatile fatty acids

Indexed keywords

AMYLOSE; BILE ACID; CHOLESTEROL; DEOXYCHOLIC ACID; FATTY ACID; LITHOCHOLIC ACID; PROPIONIC ACID; STARCH; VOLATILE FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASCENDING COLON; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORN; FOOD COMPOSITION; NONHUMAN; SWINE;

EID: 0030899890     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/127.4.615     Document Type: Article

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