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Article: True calcium absorption in the intestine is enhanced by fructooligosaccharide feeding in rats
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- The Journal of Nutrition
- Article date:
- October 1, 1998
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True Calcium Absorption in the Intestine Is Enhanced by Fructooligosaccharide Feeding in Rats'
Tomio Morohashi,2 Tsuneyoshi Sano,* Atsutane Ohta^ and Shoji Yamada
ABSTRACT Fructooligosaccharides (FOS) have been shown to stimulate apparent calcium absorption in the intestine. In this study, we examined the effect of FOS on true calcium absorption using the calcium balance in combination with the ^sup 45^Ca kinetics method. Sixteen 45d-old male Wistar rats were randomly divided into two groups, a control group (n = 8) and a FOS group (n = 8). The diet fed to the FOS group contained 5% FOS, at the expense of half of the sucrose in the control diet. After an adaptation period (3 d) and a ...