title: Dietary fiber and cholesterol and bile acid metabolism in axenic (germfree) and holoxenic (conventional) rats. III. Effect of non-sterilized pectin.
abstract: Axenic (germfree) and holoxenic (conventional) rats were given a pectin-containing diet (5%) or a pectin-free diet. The diet was not sterilized and the axenic state was maintained by the addition of antibiotics. Pectin modified little or not at all the quantity of bile acids in the small intestine, fecal bile acid excretion and fecal elimination of the sum of cholesterol and bile acids. It similarly decreased the concentration of liver cholesterol and the amount of bile acids in the cecum and large intestine of both germfree and conventional rats. Pectin decreased the absorption coefficient of dietary cholesterol and its plasma concentration and increased fecal cholesterol elimination in conventional rats but not in germfree animals. The data imply that some of the actions of pectin depend on the presence of the intestinal flora but the exact nature of this relationship is unclear.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sacquet
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Leprince
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Riottot
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Raibaud
mesh_terms: D000042:Absorption; D000818:Animals; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D001647:Bile Acids and Salts / Q000378:metabolism*; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood; D002791:Cholesterol, Dietary / Q000378:metabolism*; D004043:Dietary Fiber / Q000378:metabolism*; D005243:Feces / Q000032:analysis; D005856:Germ-Free Life; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000378:metabolism; D007422:Intestines / Q000187:drug effects; D008099:Liver / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D010368:Pectins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D011916:Rats, Inbred F344
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D001647:Bile Acids and Salts; D002791:Cholesterol, Dietary; D004043:Dietary Fiber; D010368:Pectins; D002784:Cholesterol