Short-chain fatty acid formation in the hindgut of rats fed oligosaccharides varying in monomeric composition, degree of polymerisation and solubility

• Published in: British journal of nutrition Vol. 94; no. 5; pp. 705 - 713
• Main Authors: Nilsson, Ulf, Nyman, Margareta
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 01.11.2005
• Subjects: Acetic Acid; Acetic Acid - analysis; administration & dosage; analysis; anatomy & histology; Animals; Biological and medical sciences; Butyric Acid; Butyric Acid - analysis; Carbohydrates; Carboxylic Acids; Carboxylic Acids - analysis; Cecum; Cecum - anatomy & histology; Cecum - physiology; chemistry; Colon; Dietary Carbohydrates; Dietary Carbohydrates - administration & dosage; Dietary Carbohydrates - metabolism; digestibility; Eating; Eating - physiology; Fatty acids; Fatty Acids, Volatile; Fatty Acids, Volatile - analysis; Fatty Acids, Volatile - metabolism; Feeding. Feeding behavior; Fermentation; Fructo-oligosaccharides; fructooligosaccharides; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Gastrointestinal Tract; Gastrointestinal Tract - metabolism; health foods; Health Sciences; hindgut; Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; Hälsovetenskap; Lactitol; Lactulose; Lactulose - administration & dosage; Lactulose - metabolism; Male; Medical and Health Sciences; Medicin och hälsovetenskap; metabolism; Nutrition; Nutrition and Dietetics; Näringslära; Näringslära och dietkunskap; Oligosaccharides; Oligosaccharides - administration & dosage; Oligosaccharides - chemistry; Oligosaccharides - metabolism; physiology; polymerization; Polymers; prebiotics; Propionates; Propionates - analysis; Rats; Rats, Wistar; rumen fermentation; Short-chain fatty acids; Solubility; Sugar Alcohols; Sugar Alcohols - administration & dosage; Sugar Alcohols - metabolism; Sweetening Agents; Sweetening Agents - administration & dosage; Sweetening Agents - metabolism; Vertebrates: anatomy and physiology, studies on body, several organs or systems; water solubility; Weight Gain; Weight Gain - physiology; Short-chain fatty acids; Fructo-oligosaccharides; Lactulose; Lactitol; Short chain; Rat; Oligosaccharide; Rodentia; Solubility; Polymerization; Lipids; Fatty acids; Feeding; Vertebrata; Mammalia; Short-chain fatty acids: Fructo-oligosaccharides: Lactulose: Lactitol; Animal

The contents of short-chain fatty acids were investigated in rats fed lactitol, lactulose and four fructo-oligosaccharides of different degree of polymerisation and solubility. Fructo-oligosaccharides with a low degree of polymerisation (2–8) generated the highest levels of butyric acid all along th...