“…and Bifidobacterium spp . (CFU g −1 ) in both test groups (approximately 4-log increase was observed in the group with symbiotic food) 76 | Feruloylated oligosaccharides (FOs) from maize bran | 45, male Sprague–Dawley rats, weighing 160–170 g n = 9, normal feed n = 9, + 300 mg/kg BW/d xylooligosaccharides (XOS) n = 9,+ 300 mg/kg BW/d XOS + 12 mg/kg BW/d ferulic acid (FA) n = 9, + 300 mg/kg BW/d FOs n = 9, + 600 mg/kg BW/d FOs Feces collected and stored at −80°C. | 5 weeks | DNA extraction using TIAN amp Stool DNA kit PCR amplification sequencing on the Illumina GAIIx platform reference base from Ribosomal Database Project | Feruloylated oligosaccharides showed even higher prebiotic activity than XOS FOs : ↑bacterial richness and diversity ↓ ratio of Firmicutes to Bacteroidetes ↑ Bacteroidetes , Proteobacteria, Actinobacteria, Lactobacillus and Ruminococcus ↓ Clostridia | 77 |
Pectins (four types) | 40, male Wistar rats (300 ± 10 g) n = 8, control group n = 8, 3% (w/w) low-methyl esterified citrus pectin (LMP) n = 8, 3% (w/w) high-methyl esterified citrus pectin (HMP) n = 8, 3% (w/w) sugar beet pectin (SBP) n = 8, 3% (w/w) soy pectin (SSPS) Cecal and colonic digesta collected separately. |
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