Fructan extracts from wheat stem and barley grain stimulate large bowel fermentation in rats

• Published in: Nutrition research (New York, N.Y.) Vol. 32; no. 8; pp. 599 - 606
• Main Authors: Belobrajdic, Damien P., Jenkins, Colin L.D., Bushell, Rhys, Morell, Matthew K., Bird, Anthony R.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Elsevier Inc 01.08.2012; Elsevier
• Subjects: acetates; Animals; barley; Bifidobacteria; Bifidobacterium; Biological and medical sciences; butyrates; Butyric Acid; Butyric Acid - metabolism; Cecum; Cecum - drug effects; Cecum - metabolism; Cecum - microbiology; chemistry; Colon; Colon - chemistry; Colon - drug effects; Colon - metabolism; Diet; digesta; drug effects; Fatty acid; fatty acid composition; Fatty Acids, Volatile; Fatty Acids, Volatile - metabolism; Feeding. Feeding behavior; Fermentation; Fructans; Fructans - pharmacology; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Gastroenterology and Hepatology; Hordeum; Hordeum - chemistry; Hordeum vulgare; Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; Hydrogen-Ion Concentration - drug effects; Intestine, Large; Intestine, Large - drug effects; Intestine, Large - metabolism; Intestine, Large - microbiology; Male; metabolism; microbiology; Oligosaccharides; Oligosaccharides - pharmacology; Organ Size; Organ Size - drug effects; pharmacology; Plant Extracts; Plant Extracts - pharmacology; Plant Stems; propionates; Random Allocation; Rats; Rats, Sprague-Dawley; Seeds; stems; Triticum; Triticum - chemistry; Triticum aestivum; Vertebrates: anatomy and physiology, studies on body, several organs or systems; wheat; Triticum; WSFE; Fructans; Hordeum; Bifidobacteria; Fatty acid; OF; Rats; qPCR; BGFE; DP; SCFA; short-chain fatty acid; quantitative polymerase chain reaction; wheat stem fructan extract; oligofructose; barley grain fructan extract; degree of polymerization; Barley; Grains; Rat; Rodentia; Lipids; Extract; Fermentation; Fatty acids; Stem; Vertebrata; Mammalia; Animal; Cereal; Wheat

The benefits of inulin-type fructans for bowel health are well established, but less so for other fructan sources. In vitro data suggest that fructans extracted from cereals are readily fermented and produce favorable short-chain fatty acid profiles; however, whether this occurs in vivo is unknown....