Short chain fatty acids in the human colon.

JH Cummings - Gut, 1981 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The human colon contains a luxuriant mixed culture of bacteria, probably at least 175 g. The
special property of these bacteria is their metabolism, which is in the main strictly anaerobic …

[HTML][HTML] Prebiotic digestion and fermentation

JH Cummings, GT Macfarlane, HN Englyst - The American journal of …, 2001 - Elsevier
Prebiotics, as currently conceived of, are all carbohydrates of relatively short chain length.
To be effective they must reach the cecum. Present evidence concerning the 2 most studied …

Functional food science and gastrointestinal physiology and function

S Salminen, C Bouley, MC Boutron… - British journal of …, 1998 - cambridge.org
The gut is an obvious target for the development of functional foods, acting as it does as the
interface between diet and the metabolic events which sustain life. The key processes in …

Classification and measurement of nutritionally important starch fractions.

HN Englyst, SM Kingman… - European journal of …, 1992 - europepmc.org
For nutritional purposes, starch in foods may be classified into rapidly digestible starch
(RDS), slowly digestible starch (SDS) and resistant starch (RS). RS may be further divided …

Short chain fatty acids in human large intestine, portal, hepatic and venous blood.

JH Cummings, EW Pomare, WJ Branch, CP Naylor… - Gut, 1987 - gut.bmj.com
Evidence for the occurrence of microbial breakdown of carbohydrate in the human colon has
been sought by measuring short chain fatty acid (SCFA) concentrations in the contents of all …

Selective stimulation of bifidobacteria in the human colon by oligofructose and inulin

GR Gibson, ER Beatty, XIN Wang, JH Cummings - Gastroenterology, 1995 - Elsevier
Background/Aims: Oligofructose and inulin are naturally occurring indigestible
carbohydrates. In vitro they selectively stimulate the growth of species of Bifidobacterium, a …

Simplified method for the measurement of total non-starch polysaccharides by gas-liquid chromatography of constituent sugars as alditol acetates

HN Englyst, JH Cummings - Analyst, 1984 - pubs.rsc.org
A procedure is described for the measurement and characterisation of total non-starch
polysaccharides in plant foods by gas-liquid chromatography of individual sugars as alditol …

Determination of the non-starch polysaccharides in plant foods by gas-liquid chromatography of constituent sugars as alditol acetates

H Englyst, HS Wiggins, JH Cummings - Analyst, 1982 - pubs.rsc.org
A method is reported for the measurement of non-starch polysaccharides (NSP) from plant
foods. NSP are the major components of “dietary fibre.” The polysaccharides are divided into …

[HTML][HTML] Rapidly available glucose in foods: an in vitro measurement that reflects the glycemic response

KN Englyst, HN Englyst, GJ Hudson, TJ Cole… - The American journal of …, 1999 - Elsevier
Background A chemically based classification of dietary carbohydrates that takes into
account the likely site, rate, and extent of digestion is presented. The classification divides …

Digestion of the polysaccharides of some cereal foods in the human small intestine

HN Englyst, JH Cummings - The American journal of clinical nutrition, 1985 - Elsevier
The digestion and absorption of dietary starch and nonstarch polysaccharides (NSP) in the
small intestine of man from oats, cornflakes, and white bread has been determined by …