Effects of oat β-glucan and barley β-glucan on fecal characteristics, intestinal microflora, and intestinal bacterial metabolites in rats

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 60, Issue 45, 2012, Pages 11301-11308

  Shen, Rui Ling ^a   Dang, Xue Ya ^a   Dong, Ji Lin ^a   Hu, Xin Zhong ^b  

^a ZHENGZHOU UNIVERSITY OF LIGHT INDUSTRY   (China)

^b NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

glucuronidase; azoreductase; Cereal glucan; intestinal microflora; rat

Indexed keywords

AZOREDUCTASE; AZOREDUCTASE ACTIVITIES; BENEFICIAL EFFECTS; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROL GROUPS; DOSE-DEPENDENT MANNER; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GLUCURONIDASE; HIGH DOSE; LOW DOSE; MICROFLORA; PH VALUE; PRIMARY OBJECTIVE; SHORT-CHAIN FATTY ACIDS; SPRAGUE-DAWLEY RATS;

HEALTH;

RATS;

BETA GLUCAN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; COLON; DIETARY FIBER; FECES; GENETICS; HORDEUM; INTESTINE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; OAT; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; AVENA SATIVA; BACTERIA; BETA-GLUCANS; COLON; DIETARY FIBER; FECES; HORDEUM; INTESTINES; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BIFIDOBACTERIUM; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; HORDEUM; LACTOBACILLUS; RATTUS;

EID: 84869193356     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: 15205118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf302824h     Document Type: Article

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