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Contribution of the digestive tract microflora to amylomaize starch degradation in the rat
1992
British Journal of Nutrition
To study in vivo the contribution of the bacterial flora to amylomaize starch degradation in the rat, germfree and conventional rats were fed on a diet containing either a normal maize starch or an amylomaize starch. In germ-free rats maize starch was almost totally digested in the small intestine, whereas 40 YO of the ingested amylomaize starch reached the caecum and 30% was excreted, despite the very high endogenous amylase activity. Study by transmission electron microscopy of germ-free
doi:10.1079/bjn19920053
pmid:1377949
fatcat:orpkpxapzbgz3jdxmjk2j3etfa