Chain length of cereal fructans isolated from wheat stem and barley grain modulates in vitro fermentation

Journal of Cereal Science

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 188-191

  Jenkins, Colin L D ^a   Lewis, David ^a   Bushell, Rhys ^a   Belobrajdic, Damien P ^a   Bird, Anthony R ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bifidogenic; Cereal grain; Fructan; Graminan; Oligofructose; Short chain fatty acids

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CICHORIUM INTYBUS; HORDEUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 79953289601     PISSN: 07335210     EISSN: 10959963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcs.2010.12.001     Document Type: Article

References (20)

1. Bancal P., Gibeaut D.M., Carpita N.C. Analytical methods for the determination of fructan structures and biosynthesis. Science and Technology of Fructans 1993, 103-118. CRC Press, Boca Raton. M. Suzuki, N.J. Chatterton (Eds.).
2. Bird A.R., Flory C., Davies D.A., Usher S., Topping D.L. A novel barley cultivar (Himalaya 292) with a specific gene mutation in starch synthase IIa raises large bowel starch and short-chain fatty acids in rats. Journal of Nutrition 2004, 134:831-835.
3. Bird A.R., Jackson M., King R.A., Davies D.A., Usher S., Topping D.L. A novel high-amylose barley cultivar (Hordeum vulgare var. Himalaya 292) lowers plasma cholesterol and alters indices of large-bowel fermentation in pigs. British Journal of Nutrition 2004, 92:607-615.
4. Bird A.R., Vuaran M.S., King R., Noakes M., Keogh J., Morell M.K., Topping D.L. Wholegrain foods made from a novel high-amylose barley variety (Himalaya 292) improve indices of bowel health in human subjects. British Journal of Nutrition 2008, 99:1032-1040.
5. Brighenti F. Dietary fructans and serum triacylglycerols: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Journal of Nutrition 2007, 137:2552S-2556S.
6. Clarke B., Liang R., Morell M.K., Bird A.R., Jenkins C.L., Li Z. Gene expression in a starch synthase IIa mutant of barley: changes in the level of gene transcription and grain composition. Functional and Integrated Genomics 2008, 8:211-221.
7. Daubioul C., Rousseau N., Demeure R., Gallez B., Taper H., Declerck B., Delzenne N. Dietary fructans, but not cellulose, decrease triglyceride accumulation in the liver of obese Zucker fa/fa rats. Journal of Nutrition 2002, 132:967-973.
8. Delzenne N., Aertssens J., Verplaetse H., Roccaro M., Roberfroid M. Effect of fermentable fructo-oligosaccharides on mineral, nitrogen and energy digestive balance in the rat. Life Science 1995, 57:1579-1587.
9. Gibson G.R., Beatty E.R., Wang X., Cummings J.H. Selective stimulation of bifidobacteria in the human colon by oligofructose and inulin. Gastroenterology 1995, 108:975-982.
10. Marx S.P., Winkler S., Hartmeier W. Metabolization of β-(2,6)-linked fructose-oligosaccharides by different bifidobacteria. FEMS Microbiology Letters 2000, 182:163-169.
11. Merendino N., D'Aquino M., Molinari R., De Gara L., D'Egidio M.G., Paradiso A., Cecchini C., Corradini C., Tomassi G. Chemical characterization and biological effects of immature durum wheat in rats. Journal of Cereal Science 2006, 43:129-136.
12. Olano-Martin E., Mountzouris K.C., Gibson G.R., Rastall R.A. In vitro fermentability of dextran, oligodextran and maltodextrin by human gut bacteria. British Journal of Nutrition 2000, 83:247-255.
13. Patten G.S., Abeywardena M.Y., McMurchie E.J., Jahangiri A. Dietary fish oil increases acetylcholine- and eicosanoid-induced contractility of isolated rat ileum. Journal of Nutrition 2002, 132:2506-2513.
14. Roberfroid M. Dietary fiber, inulin, and oligofructose: a review comparing their physiological effects. Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition 1993, 33:103-148.
15. Roberfroid M.B. Inulin-type fructans: functional food ingredients. Journal of Nutrition 2007, 137:2493S-2502S.
16. Ruuska S.A., Rebetzke G.J., van Herwaarden A.F., Richards R.A., Fettell N.A., Tabe L., Jenkins C.L.D. Genotypic variation in water-soluble carbohydrate accumulation in wheat. Functional Plant Biology 2006, 33:799-809.
17. Topping D.L., Clifton P.M. Short chain fatty acids and human colonic function: roles of resistant starch and non-starch polysaccharides. Physiological Reviews 2001, 81:1031-1064.
18. Van den Ende M., Clerens S., Vergauwen R., Van Riet L., Van Laere A., Yoshida M., Kawakami A. Fructan 1-exohydrolases. β-(2,1)-trimmers during graminan biosynthesis in wheat? Purification, characterization, mass mapping, and cloning of two fructan 1-exohydrolase isoforms. Plant Physiology 2003, 131:621-631.
19. Vijn I., Smeekens S. Fructan: more than a reserve carbohydrate?. Plant Physiology 1999, 120:351-360.
20. Yemm E.W., Willis A.J. The estimation of carbohydrates in plant extracts by anthrone. Biochemical Journal 1954, 57:508-514.