Impacts of resistant starch and wheat bran consumption on enteric inflammation in relation to colonic bacterial community structures and short-chain fatty acid concentrations in mice

Gut Pathogens

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Jiminez, Janelle A ^a,b   Uwiera, Trina C ^c   Abbott, D Wade ^a   Uwiera, Richard R E ^b   Inglis, G Douglas ^a  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acute enteritis; Citrobacter rodentium; Inflammation; Resistant starch; Short chain fatty acids; Wheat bran

Indexed keywords

EID: 85006900460     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17574749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13099-016-0149-6     Document Type: Article

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