Production of 13C labelled pea flour for use in human digestion and fermentation studies

Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 139-147

  Edwards, C A ^a   Zavoshy, R ^a   Khanna, S ^a   Slater, C ^b   Morrison, D J ^b   Preston, T ^c   Weaver, L T ^b  

^a Department of Human Nutrition ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breath test; Carbon 13; Digestion; Fermentation; Fibre; Food; Humans; Labelling techniques; Starch

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE;

PISUM SATIVUM;

CARBON;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BREATH ANALYSIS; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; DIGESTIVE FUNCTION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; FLOUR; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PEA; REFERENCE VALUE;

ADULT; AUTOMATION; BREATH TESTS; CARBON ISOTOPES; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; DIGESTIVE PHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; FLOUR; HUMANS; MALE; PEAS; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0036708840     PISSN: 10256016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10256010215130     Document Type: Article

References (25)

1. 13C-breath tests to measure fat and carbohydrate digestion in clinical practice. Clin. Nutr., 14, 149-154,
2. Stephen, A. M., Haddad, A. C. and Phillips, S. F (1983). Passage of carbohydrates into the colon. Direct measurements in humans. Gastroenterology, 85, 589-595.
3. Englyst, H. N., Kingman, S. M. and Cummings, J H. (1992). Classification and measurement of nutritionally important starch fractions. Eur. J. Clin. Nutr., 46(2), S33-S50.
4. Christian, M., Edwards, C. and Weaver, L. T. (1999). Starch digestion in infancy. J. Pediatr. Gastroenterol. Nutr., 29, 116-124.
5. Hespell, R. B. and Smith, C. J. (1983). Utilisation of nitrogen sources by gastrointestinal tract bacteria. In: Hentges, D. J. (Ed.), Human Intestinal Flora in Health and Disease. Academic Press, London, UK, pp. 167-187.
6. Edwards, C. A. (1993). Interactions between nutrition and the intestinal microflora. Proc.. Nutr. Soc., 52, 375-382.
7. Edwards, C. A. and Rowland, I. R. (1992). Bacterial fermentation in the colon and its measurement. In: Schweizer, T F. and Edwards, C. A. (Eds.), Dietary Fibre - A Component of Food. Springer Verlag, London, UK, pp. 119-136.
8. Rumessen, J. J. (1992). Hydrogen breath tests for evaluation of resistant carbohydrates. Eur. J. Clin. Nutr., 46(2), S77-S90.
9. Muir, J. G., Lu, Z. X., Young, G. P., Cameron-Smith, D., Collier, G. R. and O'Dea, K. (1995). Resistant starch in the diet increases breath hydrogen and serum acetate in human subjects. Am. J. Clin. Nutr., 61, 792-799.
10. Edwards, C. A., Parrett, A. M., Balmer, S. E. and Wharton, B. A. (1994). Faecal short chain fatty acids in breast-fed and formula-fed babies. Acta Paediatr., 83(5), 459-462.
11. Olesen, M., Rumessen, J. J. and Gudmand-Hoyer, E. (1994). Intestinal transport and fermentation of resistant starch evaluated by the hydrogen breath test. Eur. J. Clin. Nutr., 48, 692-701.
12. Gibson, G. R., Cummings, J. H., MacFarlane, G. T., Allison, C., Segal, I., Vorster, H. H. and Walker, A. R. P. (1990). Alternative pathways for hydrogen disposal during fermentation in the human colon. Gut, 31, 679-683.
13. 13C. Isotopenpraxis, 30,1-8.
14. 13C breath curves to determine site and extent of starch digestion and fermentation in infants. J. Pediatr. Gastroenterol. Nutr., 34, 158-164.
15. Bjorck, I., Nyman, M., Pederson, B., Siljestrom, M., Asp, N-G. and Eggum, B. 0. (1986). On the digestibility of wheat starch-studies in vitro and in vivo. J Cereal Sci., 4, 1-11.
16. Zavoshy, R. (1998). Measurement of in vivo fermentation of resistant starch. PhD Thesis, University of Glasgow, UK.
17. Preston, T. and McMillain, D. C. (1988). Rapid sample throughput for biomedical stable isotope tracer studies. Biomed. Environ. Mass Spectrom., 16, 229-235.
18. Slater, C., Preston, T. and Weaver, L. T. (2001). Stable isotopes and the international system of units. Rapid Comm. Mass Spectrom., 15, 1270-1273.
19. 15N uptake by phytoplankton in the marginal ice-zones of the Bellingshausen Sea. Deep Sea Research Part II - Topic Studies in Oceanography, 42, 1225-1252.
20. FAO/WHO Ad Hoc Expert Committee (Ed.) (1973). Energy and protein requirements. Technical Report No. 522, Rome: FAO/WHO.
21. 13C breath tests. Rapid Comm. Mass Spectrum., 14, 1321-1324.
22. 13Carbon mixed triglyceride breath test and pancreatic enzyme supplementation in cystic fibrosis. Arch. Dis. Child., 76, 349-351.
23. 2 in gas samples by continuous flow isotope ratio mass spectrometry. Biol. Mass Spectrom., 20, 724-730.
24. 2 breath test curve. Biochem. Soc. Trans., 26, S184.
25. Read, N. W., Aljancki, M. N., Bates, T. E. and Barber, D. C. (1983). Effects of gastrointestinal intubation on the passage of a solid meal through the stomach and small intestine in humans. Gastroenterology, 84, 1568-1572.