Dietary curdlan increases proliferation of bifidobacteria in the cecum of rats

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 466-469

  Shimizu, Jun ^a   Tsuchihashi, Noboru ^b   Kudoh, Keita ^a   Wada, Masahiro ^a   Takita, Toshichika ^a   Innami, Satoshi ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Japan)

^b CHIBA PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bifidobacteria; Cecal microflora; Curdlan; Dietary fiber; Rat

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCAN; CURDLAN; GLUCAN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CECUM; CELL DIVISION; DIETARY FIBER; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; BETA-GLUCANS; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CECUM; CELL DIVISION; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DIETARY FIBER; GLUCANS; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0035260947     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.65.466     Document Type: Article

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