Fermentation characteristics of resistant starch, arabinoxylan, and β-glucan and their effects on the gut microbial ecology of pigs: A review
Dietary fibers (DF) contain an abundant amount of energy, although the mammalian genome does not encode most of the enzymes required to degrade them. However, a mutual dependence is developed between the host and symbiotic microbes, which has the potential to extract the energy present in these DF....
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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KeAi Communications Co., Ltd.
2019-09-01
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Series: | Animal Nutrition |
Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S240565451830249X |