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Effects of Dietary Fructan on Cecal Enzyme Activities in Rats  

Kang, Soon-Ah (Department of Molecular Biotechnology, Bio/Molecular Informatics Center, Konkuk University)
Chun, Uck-Han (Taekyeung College)
Jang, Ki-Hyo (Department of Food and Nutrition, Samcheok National University)
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Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering:BBE / v.10, no.6, 2005 , pp. 582-586 More about this Journal
Abstract
In this Study, we have attempted to determine the effects of dietary fructose polymers (fructan), high molecular-weight ${\beta}-(2,6)-linked$ levan, and low-molecular-weight ${\beta}-(2,1)-linked$ inulin, on two intestinal enzymes $({\beta}-glucuronidase\;and\;{\beta}-glucosidase)$. As a preliminary experiment, when intestinal microflora were cultured in anaerobic media harboring levan or its oligosaccharides, bacterial cell growth was observed in the levanoligosaccharide-supplemented media, but not in the levan-supplemented media, indicating that levan's size is important for the utilization by intestinal bacteria of levan as an energy Source. In our animal study, the intake of a levan-rich diet was determined to significantly attenuate the activity of the harmful enzyme $({\beta}-glucuronidase$, but d id not affect the activity of ${\beta}-glucosidase$.
Keywords
levan; inulin; fructan; prebiotics; intestinal microflora;
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