Utilization by intestinal bacteria and digestibility of arabino-oligosaccharides in vitro

Journal of the Japanese Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 574-579

  Suzuki, Yasuo ^a,b   Tanaka, Keiichi ^a   Amano, Takayuki ^a   Asakura, Toshikazu ^a   Muramatsu, Noboru ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FRUIT TREE SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR WESTERN REGION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apple; Arabino oligosaccharides; Bifidobacterium; Intestinal bacterial flora; Prebiotics

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDES; BACTEROIDES VULGATUS; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM ADOLESCENTIS; BIFIDOBACTERIUM LONGUM; MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 10044279276     PISSN: 18823351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2503/jjshs.73.574     Document Type: Article

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