Comparative effects of three resistant starch preparations on transit time and short-chain fatty acid production in rats

Nutrition and Cancer

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 230-237

  Ferguson, Lynnette R ^a   Tasman Jones, Clifford ^b   Englyst, Hans ^d   Harris, Philip J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; AMYLOSE; BUTYRIC ACID; SHORT CHAIN FATTY ACID; STARCH;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLORA; CANCER PREVENTION; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; CECUM; COLON CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; FECES; FERMENTATION; INTESTINE TRANSIT TIME; MAIZE; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; POTATO; RAT;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0033943521     PISSN: 01635581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15327914NC3602_13     Document Type: Article

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