Effects of dietary inulin on bacterial growth, short-chain fatty acid production and hepatic lipid metabolism in gnotobiotic mice

Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 929-937

  Weitkunat, Karolin ^a   Schumann, Sara ^a   Petzke, Klaus Jürgen ^a   Blaut, Michael ^a   Loh, Gunnar ^a   Klaus, Susanne ^a  

^a GERMAN INSTITUTE OF HUMAN NUTRITION   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dietary fiber; Energy metabolism; High fat diet; Intestinal bacteria; Inulin; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ACYL COENZYME A DESATURASE 1; CELLULOSE; ELOVL3 PROTEIN; ELOVL5 PROTEIN; ELOVL6 PROTEIN; FADS2 PROTEIN; INULIN; LIPID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID; PROTEIN; SCD1 PROTEIN; SHORT CHAIN FATTY ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIOBESITY AGENT; PROBIOTIC AGENT; VOLATILE FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BODY FAT; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET INDUCED OBESITY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIGESTION; FEEDING; FOOD INTAKE; GENE EXPRESSION; GNOTOBIOTICS; LIPID DIET; LIPID LIVER LEVEL; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPOGENESIS; MALE; MICROFLORA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANIMAL; BLOOD; C3H MOUSE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIETARY FIBER; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; ENZYMOLOGY; FECES; FERMENTATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GERMFREE ANIMAL; INTESTINE FLORA; LIVER; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; OBESITY; THERAPEUTIC USE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MUS;

ANIMALS; ANTI-OBESITY AGENTS; CELLULOSE; DIET, HIGH-FAT; DIETARY FIBER; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DIGESTION; FATTY ACIDS, VOLATILE; FECES; FERMENTATION; GASTROINTESTINAL MICROBIOME; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GERM-FREE LIFE; INULIN; LIPID METABOLISM; LIVER; MALE; MICE, INBRED C3H; OBESITY; PROBIOTICS;

EID: 84939562625     PISSN: 09552863     EISSN: 18734847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnutbio.2015.03.010     Document Type: Article

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