Rye bread enhances the production and plasma concentration of butyrate but not the plasma concentrations of glucose and insulin in pigs

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 135, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1696-1704

  Knudsen, Knud Erik Bach ^a   Serena, Anja ^a   Kjær, Anna Kirstin Bjørnbak ^a   Jørgensen, Henry ^a   Engberg, Ricarda ^a  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Butyrate; Carbohydrates; Catheterized pigs; Glucose; Short chain fatty acids

Indexed keywords

ARABINOXYLAN; BUTYRIC ACID; CARBOHYDRATE; FAT; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; MINERAL; PROTEIN; VITAMIN;

ABSORPTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREAD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTION; FAT CONTENT; FECES; FERMENTATION; GLUCONEOGENESIS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN RELEASE; MACRONUTRIENT; NONHUMAN; RYE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WHEAT;

SECALE CEREALE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 22144477946     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/135.7.1696     Document Type: Article

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