In vitro digestion by saliva, simulated gastric and small intestinal juices and fermentation by human fecal microbiota of sulfated polysaccharides from Gracilaria rubra

In the present study, the changes of polysaccharides from Gracilaria rubra (GRPS) under simulated oral, gastric and small intestine digestion conditions were firstly investigated. The results indicated that GRPS was not digested under such conditions. Then, the prebiotic property of GRPS was investi...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Tong Di, Guijie Chen, Yi Sun, Shiyi Ou, Xiaoxiong Zeng, Hong Ye
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-01-01
Series:Journal of Functional Foods
Subjects:
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1756464617306515