scholarly journals Effect of Native and Acetylated Dietary Resistant Starches on Intestinal Fermentative Capacity of Normal and Stunted Children in Southern India

Author(s):  
Ramadass Balamurugan ◽  
Srinivasan Pugazhendhi ◽  
Gowri M. Balachander ◽  
Tamilselvan Dharmalingam ◽  
Elissa K Mortimer ◽  
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The health benefits of dietary amylase resistant starch (RS) arise from intestinal microbial fermentation and generation of short chain fatty acids (SCFA). We compared the intestinal fermentative capability of stunted and nonstunted (‘healthy’) children in southern India using two types of RS: high amylose maize starch (HAMS) and acetylated HAMS (HAMSA). Twenty children (10 stunted and 10 healthy) aged 2 to 5 years were fed biscuits containing HAMS (10 g/day) for two weeks followed by a 2-week washout and then HAMSA biscuits (10 g/day) for 2 weeks. Fecal samples were collected at 3-4 day intervals and pH and SCFA analyzed. At entry, stunted children had lower SCFA concentrations compared to healthy children. Both types of RS led to a significant decrease in fecal pH and increase in fecal acetate and propionate in both healthy and stunted children. However, while HAMS increased fecal butyrate in both groups of children, HAMSA increased butyrate in healthy but not stunted children. Furthermore, healthy children showed a significantly greater increase than stunted children in both acetate and butyrate when fed either RS. No adverse effects were reported with either RS. Stunted children have impaired capacity to ferment certain types of RS which has implications for choice of RS in formulations aimed at improving microbial function in stunted children.

2014 ◽  
Vol 146 (5) ◽  
pp. S-482
Author(s):  
Ramadass Balamurugan ◽  
Gowri M. Balachandar ◽  
Tamilselvan Dharmalingam ◽  
Elissa K. Mortimer ◽  
Geetha Gopalsamy ◽  
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2010 ◽  
Vol 58 (13) ◽  
pp. 8043-8047 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hongxin Jiang ◽  
Junyi Lio ◽  
Mike Blanco ◽  
Mark Campbell ◽  
Jay-lin Jane

2000 ◽  
Vol 84 (5) ◽  
pp. 689-696 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lucile J. M. Martin ◽  
Henri J. W. Dumon ◽  
Gérard Lecannu ◽  
Martine M. J. Champ

Portal appearance of short-chain fatty acids (SCFA) produced from fermentation of three different resistant starch (RS) sources (raw potato starch, high-amylose maize starch and retrograded high-amylose maize starch) was investigated in pigs. The catheterization technique coupled with determination of portal blood flow was used to estimate SCFA uptake by the colonic mucosa. Our hypothesis was that these three RS were not equivalent butyrate providers for the colonic mucosa and that butyrate uptake would therefore be different after in vivo fermentation of each starch. The starches induced different patterns of appearance of SCFA in the portal blood; raw potato starch was the only RS source to show a significant appearance of butyrate in the portal blood. Thus, uptake of butyrate by the colonic mucosa apparently differed between starches. This finding suggests that butyrate uptake does not only depend on the flow of butyrate appearing in the lumen. Indeed, for unexplained reasons, utilization of butyrate by the colonic mucosa appeared to be less efficient when the butyrate was produced from fermentation of potato starch than when it was produced from fermentation of the other RS sources.


2007 ◽  
Vol 97 (1) ◽  
pp. 134-144 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anthony R. Bird ◽  
Michelle Vuaran ◽  
Ian Brown ◽  
David L. Topping

Four groups of young pigs (n6) were fed a diet containing 50 % maize starch as either a highly digestible waxy starch (control; 0 % amylose) or one of three resistant starch (RS) diets, namely a high-amylose maize starch (HAMS; 85 % amylose), this starch subjected to hydrothermal treatment (HTHAMS; 85 % amylose), or a blend of HAMS and HTHAMS included in equal amounts, for 21 d. Food intake and live weight at the end of the study were similar among the four groups. Ileal starch digestibility was lower in pigs fed the three RS diets but was greater for HAMS (88 %) than for HTHAMS (70 %;P < 0·05). Faecal output and large bowel digesta mass, and concentrations and pools of individual and total SCFA were higher (by about two- to threefold; allP < 0·05) and digesta pH lower (by about 1 unit, allP < 0·001) in pigs fed either HAMS or HTHAMS compared to the controls. These differences in biomarkers were seen along the length of the large bowel. Colon length was 0·5–0·9 m longer (19–35 %) in pigs fed the high-RS diets relative to those fed the highly digestible starch diet (P < 0·05). Faecal and proximal colonic lactobacilli and bifidobacteria numbers were higher (by 1 and 3 log units;P < 0·05) in pigs fed the HAMS or HTHAMS diets. Although both high-amylose starches promoted fermentation throughout the large bowel, the data suggest that the effects of HTHAMS may be more pronounced in the distal region compared to those of HAMS.


2021 ◽  
pp. 130344
Author(s):  
Wanhe Li ◽  
Zan Zhou ◽  
Songlin Fan ◽  
Xiunan Cai ◽  
Jian Chen ◽  
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