Article: In vitro lactose fermentation by human colonic bacteria is modified by Lactobacillus acidophilus supplementation

Article: Does "Beano" prevent gas?(Literature Review & Commentary)(dietary supplement)(Brief article)
Townsend Letter: The Examiner of Alternative Medicine;  December 1, 2007 ;     231 words ......oligosaccharides and possibly other compounds that are metabolized by colonic bacteria, with the resultant production of carbon dioxide, hydrogen...down oligosaccharides before they can be metabolized by colonic bacteria. The results of this study confirm the efficacy of alpha-galactosida...

Article: Got Milk? And How! Kathmandu's bone-thin Milk Baba exemplifies a life of purity and foresees the future
Hinduism Today;  February 28, 2001 ;     515 words ......qualify this by saying that not all people have the specific colonic bacteria necessary to break down the sugars, utilize the oils and...vitamins and fatty acids. But the body, which has more colonic bacteria than cells, can significantly improve its ability to digest...

Article: Structurally Different Wheat-Derived Arabinoxylooligosaccharides Have Different Prebiotic and Fermentation Properties in Rats1,2
The Journal of Nutrition;  December 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ......well-studied prebiotics. Fermentation of prebiotics by colonic bacteria gives rise to production of unbranched SCFA such as acetate...16). The selective stimulation by prebiotics of certain colonic bacteria proceeds, in some cases, together with the suppression...

Article: Validation of the lactose-[13 C]ureide breath test for determination of orocecal transit time by scintigraphy
The Journal of Nuclear Medicine;  September 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ......Although LU is not absorbed in the human small intestine, colonic bacteria readily metabolize LU, producing ^sup 13^C-labeled CO2...sugars to urea (35,36), after which further metabolism by colonic bacteria can take place. These properties make these ureides well...

Article: Design, development and in vitro evaluation of sennosides tablets containing pectin HPMC for colonic drug delivery.(Research Paper)(hydroxypropylmethylcellulose)(Report)
Indian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences;  May 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......delivery. A large number of polysaccharides are degraded by colonic bacteria and form the basis for a suitable carrier for colon targeted...5],[6] . It is non-toxic and almost totally degraded by colonic bacteria and is not digested by gastric or intestinal enzymes. A...

Article: Data on dairy science described by researchers at Ankara University.
Agriculture Week;  February 26, 2009 ;     231 words ...Mutational analyses revealed the 21.5 kb plasmid-encoded lactose fermentation and proteolytic activity properties in Lactococcus lactis ssp. lactis MN24, researchers in Ankara, Turkey report. Reductions in...

Article: The effect of synbiotics on colon carcinogenesis in rats
The Journal of Nutrition;  July 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ......microflora influence colon cancer risk is unknown. However, colonic bacteria express enzymes known to be involved in the metabolism...certain bacteria had a beneficial effect on the balance of colonic bacteria. The term probiotics has been coined to describe those...

Article: Bifidobacterium is active against virulent strains of Bacteroides.
Immunotherapy Weekly;  June 25, 2003 ;     436 words ......ulcerative colitis (UC). In this study, we aimed to clarify the effect of Bifidobacterium strains, another major member of colonic bacteria, on the development of gut inflammation using gnotobiotic mouse models associated with Bacteroides strains isolated from...

Article: Limited intake, low grain diets may reduce colonic bacteria. (Nutrition and health/beef).
Feedstuffs;  December 17, 2001 ;     700+ words ...Contamination of beef carcasses with pathogenic bacteria has been a major food safety concern. Researchers have been developing and testing new pre-and post-slaughter methods to reduce this exposure. Because undigested starch may reach the colon of finishing steers fed high-grain diets, it has been

Article: Fecal acetate is inversely related to acetate absorption from the human rectum and distal colon1,2
The Journal of Nutrition;  October 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ...ABSTRACT In humans, colonic bacteria ferment unabsorbed carbohydrates, producing the SCFA acetic, propionic and n-butyric acids. To test for interactions among the...

Article: Of the Major Phenolic Acids Formed during Human Microbial Fermentation of Tea, Citrus, and Soy Flavonoid Supplements, Only 3,4-Dihydroxyphenylacetic Acid Has Antiproliferative Activity1,2
The Journal of Nutrition;  January 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ...ABSTRACT Dietary flavonoids are poorly absorbed from the gastrointestinal tract. Colonic bacteria convert flavonoids into smaller phenolic acids (PA), which can be absorbed into the circulation and may contribute to the chemopreventive...

Article: New drug delivery research has been reported by scientists at University of London.
Biotech Week;  February 25, 2009 ;     450 words ......drug delivery requires that the polysaccharide in question avoids pancreatic digestion but undergoes fermentation by the colonic bacteria. Resistance of such dosage forms to pancreatic enzyme digestion is generally only tested in the fasted state, despite the...

Article: Butyrate modulates intestinal epithelial cell-mediated neutrophil migration.
Immunotherapy Weekly;  March 12, 2003 ;     412 words ...2003 MAR 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to a study in Germany, Butyrate, a short-chain fatty acid released by colonic bacteria and administered therapeutically in inflammatory bowel diseases, exerts immunomodulatory properties. The aim of the study...

Article: Reports by A. Lopezrubio and co-researchers describe recent advances in spectroscopy.
Biotech Week;  September 10, 2008 ;     468 words ......the fraction of starch that escapes digestion in the small intestine, serving as a fermentation substrate for beneficial colonic bacteria. Several studies have been focused on the description of the RS fractions from different starch varieties, but little attention...