Consumption of raw potato starch increases colon length and fecal excretion of purine bases in growing pigs

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 134-139

  Martinez Puig, Daniel ^b   Pérez, José Francisco ^b   Castillo, Marisol ^b   Andaluz, Anna ^a   Anguita, Montserrat ^b   Morales, Joaquin ^b   Gasa, Josep ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Fermentation; Growing pigs; Resistant starch; Short chain fatty acids

Indexed keywords

AMYLOPECTIN; AMYLOSE; ORGANIC MATTER; POTATO STARCH; PURINE DERIVATIVE; SHORT CHAIN FATTY ACID; STARCH;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASCENDING COLON; COLON; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCENDING COLON; DIGESTION; EXCRETION; FECES; FERMENTATION; FOOD INTAKE; ILEUM; MALE; NONHUMAN; POTATO; RECTUM; SWINE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALIA; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; SUS SCROFA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0037224766     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/133.1.134     Document Type: Article

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