Raw potato starch and short-chain fructo-oligosaccharides affect the composition and metabolic activity of rat intestinal microbiota differently depending on the caecocolonic segment involved

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 312-320

  Le Blay, G M ^a   Michel, C D ^a,b   Blottiere H M ^a   Cherbut, C J ^a  

^a CRNH AUVERGNE   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Colon; Fermentation; Fructo oligosaccharides; Lactate; Lactic acid producing bacteria; Non digestible carbohydrates; Resistant starch

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CHAINS; FERMENTATION; FOOD ADDITIVES; METABOLISM; METABOLITES; OLIGOSACCHARIDES; STARCH;

ACID PRODUCING BACTERIUM; COLON; FRUCTO-OLIGOSACCHARIDES; LACTATE; LACTIC ACID-PRODUCING BACTERIA; METABOLIC ACTIVITY; NON-DIGESTIBLE CARBOHYDRATE; RAW POTATO STARCH; RESISTANT STARCH; SHORTER CHAINS;

LACTIC ACID;

FRUCTOSE OLIGOSACCHARIDE; LACTIC ACID; STARCH;

FERMENTATION; MICROBIOLOGY; STARCH;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASCENDING COLON; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CECUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCENDING COLON; DIET; FECES; FEEDING; FERMENTATION; HEALTH; INTESTINE FLORA; MALE; MICROBIAL METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; POTATO; RAT;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MICROBIOTA; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 0037244441     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2672.2003.01836.x     Document Type: Article

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