Changes in starch physical characteristics following digestion of foods in the human small intestine

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 573-581

  Zhou, Zhongkai ^a   Topping, David L ^a   Morell, Matthew K ^a   Bird, Anthony R ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Human subjects; Ileal digesta; Morphology; Resistant starch; Structure

Indexed keywords

STARCH; AMYLOPECTIN; AMYLOSE;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY FIBER; DIGESTION; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ILEOSTOMY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MORPHOLOGY; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; SMALL INTESTINE; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; SPECTROSCOPY;

ZEA MAYS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMYLOPECTIN; AMYLOSE; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; DIGESTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILEOSTOMY; INTESTINE, SMALL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 77956201378     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114510000875     Document Type: Article

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