High-fiber rye bread improves bowel function in postmenopausal women but does not cause other putatively positive changes in the metabolic activity of intestinal microbiota

Nutrition Research

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 454-461

  Gråsten, Soile M ^a   Juntunen, Katri S ^b   Mättö, Jaana ^c   Mykkänen, Otto T ^d   El Nezami, Hani ^d   Adlercreutz, Herman ^e   Poutanen, Kaisa S ^c,d   Mykkänen, Hannu M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b Kuopio Social and Health Care Centre   (Finland)

^c VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^d Food and Health Research Centre   (Finland)

^e FOLKHÄLSAN RESEARCH CENTER   (Finland)

Author keywords

Enterolactone; Fecal bacterial enzymes; Humans; Rye bread; Short chain fatty acids; Wheat bread

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; BETA GLUCOSIDASE; BETA GLUCURONIDASE; ENTEROLACTONE; FECES LIPID; SHORT CHAIN FATTY ACID; UREASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BREAD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DIETARY FIBER; ENTEROPATHY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FECES ANALYSIS; FECES MICROFLORA; FEMALE; FOOD COMPOSITION; HIGH FIBER DIET; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTESTINE FLORA; INTESTINE FUNCTION; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RYE; SEX DIFFERENCE; WHEAT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SECALE CEREALE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 34547216790     PISSN: 02715317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nutres.2007.05.010     Document Type: Article

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