A perspective on the complexity of dietary fiber structures and their potential effect on the gut microbiota

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 426, Issue 23, 2014, Pages 3838-3850

  Hamaker, Bruce R ^a   Tuncil, Yunus E ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

carbohydrate active enzymes; carbohydrates; colon bacteria; discrete structures

Indexed keywords

ALGINIC ACID; AMYLOPECTIN; AMYLOSE; ARABINOGALACTAN; ARABINOXYLAN; BETA GLUCAN; CARRAGEENAN; CAZYME; CELLULOSE; ENZYME; GALACTOMANNAN; GLUCAN; GLUCOSE POLYMER; HEMICELLULOSE; INULIN; LEVAN; MANNAN; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; PECTIN; POLYMER; POLYSACCHARIDE; STARCH; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XYLOGLUCAN;

BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COLON; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DIETARY FIBER; DIGESTION; ENZYME DEGRADATION; FECES MICROFLORA; GENE CLUSTER; GENOTYPE; GRAIN; HEALTH; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTESTINE FLORA; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MOLECULAR SIZE; MOLECULE; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSICIAN; PLANT; REVIEW; SCIENTIST; DIET; DRUG EFFECTS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA; PROCEDURES;

DIET; DIETARY FIBER; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; MICROBIOTA;

EID: 84910636276     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: 10898638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2014.07.028     Document Type: Review

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