Femur Characteristics and Fecal Nitrogen in Healthy and Cancer-Affected Wistar Rats Supplemented With Inulin and Agave Fructans
Evelyn Regalado-Rentería,
Bertha Irene Juárez-Flores,
Juan Carlos García-López
et al.
Abstract:The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of 10 % supplementation with commercial chicory fructans (I), commercial Agave tequilana fructans (ATC), experimental A. tequilana fructans (ATE), experimental A. salmiana fructans (AS), rice starch (RS), and a control diet (C) on Wistar rats, both healthy and carcinogen-induced to colorectal cancer. It was hypothesized that agave and chicory fructans have similar effects. The supplements evaluated in both experiments maintained the dry weight and length of rat … Show more
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