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Study on the Faecal Metabolites of Hydroxypropyl Starch in the Rat
Author(s) -
Leegwater D. C.,
Speek A. J.
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
starch ‐ stärke
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.62
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1521-379X
pISSN - 0038-9056
DOI - 10.1002/star.19720241106
Subject(s) - chemistry , starch , feces , food science , substitution (logic) , biochemistry , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , computer science , programming language
Several hydroxypropyl oligoglucoses were detected in the faeces of rats on diets containing hydroxypropyl starches with degrees of substitution varying from 0.025–0.106. The major components were tentatively identified as hydroxypropylmaltose, dihydroxypropylmaltotriose, and dihydroxypropylmaltotetraose. The digestibility of the hydroxypropyl starches was found to decrease with increasing degree of substitution.