In vitro digestion by saliva, simulated gastric and small intestinal juices and fermentation by human fecal microbiota of sulfated polysaccharides from Gracilaria rubra

Journal of Functional Foods

Volumn 40, Issue , 2018, Pages 18-27

  Di, Tong ^a   Chen, Guijie ^a   Sun, Yi ^a   Ou, Shiyi ^b   Zeng, Xiaoxiong ^a   Ye, Hong ^a  

^a NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b JINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Gracilaria rubra; Gut microbiota; In vitro fermentation; Polysaccharide; Simulated digestion

Indexed keywords

EID: 85032654031     PISSN: 17564646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jff.2017.10.040     Document Type: Article

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