Effects of fructans-containing yacon (Smallanthus sonchifolius Poepp & Endl.) flour on caecum mucosal morphometry, calcium and magnesium balance, and bone calcium retention in growing rats

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 776-785

  Lobo, Alexandre R ^a   Colli, Célia ^a   Alvares, Eliana P ^a   Filisetti, Tullia M C C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bone mass and biomechanics; Caecum morphometry; Calcium and magnesium balance; Fructans; Yacon flour

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; FRUCTAN; FRUCTOSE OLIGOSACCHARIDE; MAGNESIUM; MINERAL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DENSITY; BONE MASS; BONE MINERAL; CALCIUM BALANCE; CECUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMUR; FLOUR; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD INTAKE; FUNCTIONAL FOOD; GROWTH; HISTOLOGY; INTESTINE MUCOSA; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PLANT ROOT; RAT; TIBIA;

ANIMALS; ASTERACEAE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE AND BONES; BONE DENSITY; CALCIUM; CECUM; DIET; EATING; FECES; FEMUR; FLOUR; FOOD ANALYSIS; FRUCTANS; INTESTINAL ABSORPTION; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MAGNESIUM; MALE; NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ORGAN SIZE; PLANT ROOTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALIA; POLYMNIA SONCHIFOLIA; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; SMALLANTHUS SONCHIFOLIUS;

EID: 33947491572     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114507336805     Document Type: Article

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