Open AccessGas production in humans ingesting a soybean flour derived from beans naturally low in oligosaccharides
Author(s) -
Fabrizis L. Suarez,
John Springfield,
Julie Furne,
Troy Lohrmann,
Phillip S. Kerr,
Michael Levitt
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
american journal of clinical nutrition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.608
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1938-3207
pISSN - 0002-9165
DOI - 10.1093/ajcn/69.1.135
Subject(s) - food science , chemistry , production (economics) , economics , macroeconomics
Ingestion of soy products may cause excessive intestinal gas. This gas results from colonic bacterial fermentation of the indigestible oligosaccharides raffinose and stachyose, which are present in high concentrations in legumes.
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