Effects of dehulled adlay on the culture count of some microbiota and their metabolism in the gastrointestinal tract of rats

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 829-832

  Chiang, Wenchang ^a   Cheng, Chin Yen ^a   Chiang, Meng Tsan ^b   Chung, King Thom ^c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Adlay; Lactic acid bacteria; Short chain fatty acids

Indexed keywords

BUTYRIC ACID; SHORT CHAIN FATTY ACID; VOLATILE FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BODY WEIGHT; CECUM; CHEMISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FECES; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT FUNCTION; GRASS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INTESTINE; LIPID COMPOSITION; MALE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; RAT; RAT STRAIN;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; CECUM; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FATTY ACIDS, VOLATILE; FECES; INTESTINES; MALE; POACEAE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEEDS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COIX LACHRYMA JOBI; COIX LACRYMA-JOBI; MICROBIOTA;

EID: 0034033125     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf990473t     Document Type: Article

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