THE FERMENTABILITY OF POLYSACCHARIDES BY MIXED HUMAN FECAL BACTERIA IN RELATION TO THEIR SUITABILITY AS BULK-FORMING LAXATIVES

被引：26

作者：

GIBSON, GR

MACFARLANE, S

CUMMINGS, JH

机构：

[1] Medical Research Council, Dunn Clinical Nutrition Centre, Cambridge, CB2 1QL

来源：

LETTERS IN APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY | 1990年 / 11卷 / 05期

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D O I：

10.1111/j.1472-765X.1990.tb00174.x

中图分类号：

Q81 [生物工程学（生物技术）]; Q93 [微生物学];

学科分类号：

071005 ; 0836 ; 090102 ; 100705 ;

摘要：

The fermentability of a variety of carbohydrate complexes was determined by measuring gas production rates in slurries of mixed human faecal bacteria. The commercial laxatives psyllium (isphagula husk) and sterculia were fermented relatively slowly in comparison with mucin, guar gum, pectin, starch, carrageenan, isogel and chondroitin sulphate. Fermentation of fiberall (psyllium + wheat bran) was low and similar to that of alginic acid. The fibre complex fibercon was largely resistant to degradation by gut bacteria and was comparable to fermentation of chitin. Copyright © 1990, Wiley Blackwell. All rights reserved

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页数：4

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