Arabinoxylan fiber from a by-product of wheat flour processing behaves physiologically like a soluble, fermentable fiber in the large bowel of rats

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 130, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1984-1990

  Lu, Zhong X ^a   Gibson, Peter R ^b   Muir, Jane G ^a   Fielding, Marisa ^b   O'Dea, Kerin ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arabinoxylan; Dietary fiber; Distal colon; Proliferation and fermentation; Rats

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; BUTYRIC ACID; DIPEPTIDYL PEPTIDASE IV; GUAR GUM; PROPIONIC ACID; SHORT CHAIN FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; COLON; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY FIBER; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FERMENTATION; FLOUR; FOOD PROCESSING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PH; RAT; WHEAT BRAN;

ANIMALIA; CYAMOPSIS TETRAGONOLOBA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0033916426     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/130.8.1984     Document Type: Article

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