Resistant starch modifies gut microflora and microbial metabolism in human flora-associated rats inoculated with faeces from Italian and UK donors

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 521-530

  Silvi, S ^a   Rumney, C J ^c   Cresci, A ^a   Rowland, Ian R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BACTERIA; BUTYRIC ACID; CELL PROLIFERATION; METABOLISM; STARCH; SUGAR (SUCROSE);

AMMONIA CONCENTRATIONS; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; GUT MICROFLORA; HUMAN FLORA-ASSOCIATED; HUMAN GUTS; MAIN GROUP; MICROBIAL METABOLISM; MICROFLORAE; RESISTANT STARCH;

RATS;

ACETIC ACID; AMMONIA; BACTERIAL ENZYME; BETA GLUCOSIDASE; BETA GLUCURONIDASE; BUTYRIC ACID; CARBOHYDRATE; PROPIONIC ACID; SHORT CHAIN FATTY ACID; STARCH; SUCROSE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASCENDING COLON; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTEROIDES; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; CECUM; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FECES; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE FLORA; ITALY; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS BIFIDUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; RAT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDES; BIFIDOBACTERIUM BIFIDUM; ENTEROBACTERIA; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; LACTOBACILLUS; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0033029039     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2672.1999.00696.x     Document Type: Article

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