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RESPONSE OF MOUSE INTESTINAL MICROFLORA TO DIETARY CELLULOSE, STARCH AND SUCROSE
Author(s) -
ARAUJO PAUL E.,
NORDEN ALAN R.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
journal of food science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 150
eISSN - 1750-3841
pISSN - 0022-1147
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2621.1979.tb10074.x
Subject(s) - sucrose , starch , cellulose , food science , bacteria , basal (medicine) , biology , polysaccharide , carbohydrate , maize starch , chemistry , biochemistry , endocrinology , genetics , insulin
Mice of the C57Bl/Fn strain were placed on diets of either 77% starch or 77% sucrose. To the basic diets was added 10% cellulose for half the test animals in each group. After a 3‐wk feeding period the mice were sacrificed and the microflora of the intestinal tracts was sampled. Counts obtained from mice on either the starch or sucrose basal diets were not different. Addition of cellulose to the diets resulted in a greater drop in the number of bacteria found in the intestines of the animals fed the sucrose diet as compared to those fed the starch diet. These differences were less noticeable with tests for coliform and streptococcal bacteria.