title: Increased intestinal calcium absorption from the ingestion of a phosphorylated guar gum hydrolysate independent of cecal fermentation in rats.
abstract: The Apparent calcium absorption was increased in rats fed on P-GGH and GGH. However, this increase in calcium absorption from GGH feeding was cancelled by a cecectomy, whereas the corresponding increase from P-GGH feeding was not. The change in femoral calcium content was similar to that in calcium absorption. The calcium solubility in the ileum was increased in those rats fed on P-GGH. We conclude that cecal fermentation did not contribute to the increased calcium absorption by the rats fed on P-GGH.
authors.affiliation: Department of Bioscience and Chemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan. watanabe@foodhokkaido.gr.jp
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hara
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Aoyama
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kasai
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D002432:Cecum / Q000378:metabolism*; D004435:Eating; D005285:Fermentation; D005685:Galactans / Q000378:metabolism*; D006868:Hydrolysis; D007408:Intestinal Absorption / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D008351:Mannans / Q000378:metabolism*; D010766:Phosphorylation; D053149:Plant Gums; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley
chemical_list: D005685:Galactans; D008351:Mannans; D053149:Plant Gums; C007894:guar gum; D002118:Calcium