Dietary Broccoli Alters
Rat Cecal Microbiota to Improve Glucoraphanin Hydrolysis to Bioactive Isothiocyanates.
Not exact matches
In Study 2,
rats fed fermentable RS had increased
cecal weights and plasma PYY and GLP - 1, and increased gene transcription of PYY and proglucagon.
In Study 3, RS - fed
rats had increased short - chain fatty acids in
cecal contents, plasma PYY (GLP - 1 not measured), and gene transcription for PYY and proglucagon.
Cecal fermentation and absorption may be more important in
rats than humans.
Effects of feeding fermentable carbohydrates on the
cecal concentrations of minerals and their fluxes between the cecum and blood plasma in the
rat
Rats chronically ingesting pectin and gums (such as guar and arabic) generally had a reduced
cecal pH, increased
cecal wall size and produced increased amounts of volatile fatty acids in the cecum (Demigné et al. 1989, Seal and Mathers 1989, Tulung et al. 1987).