Comparison of konjac glucomannan digestibility and fermentability with other dietary fibers in vitro

Journal of Medicinal Food

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 120-125

  Chiu, Yu Ting ^a   Stewart, Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

colon; dietary fiber; digestion; short chain fatty acids

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ALPHA AMYLASE SALIVA ISOENZYME; BUTYRIC ACID; GUAR GUM; INULIN; KONJAC GLUCOMANNAN; MANNAN; PROPIONIC ACID; SHORT CHAIN FATTY ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY FIBER; DIGESTION; FERMENTATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMORPHOPHALLUS; ANIMALS; BACTERIA; DIETARY FIBER; DIGESTION; FATTY ACIDS, VOLATILE; FECES; FERMENTATION; HUMANS; INTESTINES; INULIN; MANNANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

AMORPHOPHALLUS KONJAC; ANIMALIA; CYAMOPSIS TETRAGONOLOBA; DIOSCOREA ALATA;

EID: 84856252071     PISSN: 1096620X     EISSN: 15577600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jmf.2011.0084     Document Type: Article

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