Prebiotic effects and intestinal fermentation of cereal arabinoxylans and arabinoxylan oligosaccharides in rats depend strongly on their structural properties and joint presence

Molecular Nutrition and Food Research

Volumn 55, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1862-1874

  Damen, Bram ^a   Verspreet, Joran ^a   Pollet, Annick ^a   Broekaert, Willem F ^a,b   Delcour, Jan A ^a   Courtin, Christophe M ^a  

^a LEUVEN FOOD SCIENCE AND NUTRITION RESEARCH CENTRE LFORCE   (Belgium)

^b Fugeia NV   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Arabinoxylan; AXOS; Butyrate; Dietary fiber; Prebiotic

Indexed keywords

ARABINOXYLAN; BUTYRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; PREBIOTIC AGENT; XYLAN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CEREAL; CHEMISTRY; DIET; DIETARY FIBER; DRUG EFFECT; FERMENTATION; INTESTINE; LACTOBACILLACEAE; MALE; METABOLISM; RANDOMIZATION; RAT; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; BUTYRATES; CEREALS; DIET; DIETARY FIBER; FERMENTATION; INTESTINES; LACTOBACILLACEAE; MALE; OLIGOSACCHARIDES; PREBIOTICS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; XYLANS;

EID: 82955170658     PISSN: 16134125     EISSN: 16134133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mnfr.201100377     Document Type: Article

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