The fermentation of polydextrose in the large intestine and its beneficial effects

Beneficial Microbes

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 305-313

  Roytio H ^a,b   Ouwehand, A C ^a  

^a DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Colon; Fibre; Polydextrose; Prebiotic; Sustained fermentation

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE POLYMER; POLYDEXTROSE; SHORT CHAIN FATTY ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; GAS; GLUCAN; PREBIOTIC AGENT; VOLATILE FATTY ACID;

APPETITE; ASCENDING COLON; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; DESCENDING COLON; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DECOMPOSITION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FOOD INTAKE; GAS; GAS PRODUCTION; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT FUNCTION; HUMAN; INTESTINE FLORA; LARGE INTESTINE; NONHUMAN; RECTUM; REVIEW; SATIETY; SIGMOID; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; CONSTIPATION; DIGESTION; FECES; FERMENTATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA; PHYSIOLOGY;

CONSTIPATION; DIGESTION; FATTY ACIDS, VOLATILE; FECES; FERMENTATION; GASES; GLUCANS; HUMANS; INTESTINE, LARGE; MICROBIOTA; PREBIOTICS;

EID: 84904040121     PISSN: 18762883     EISSN: 18762891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3920/BM2013.0065     Document Type: Review

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