Background—Ingestion of a meal stimulates colonic motility. It is unclear whether the nutrient composition of a meal aVects colonic motor response. Aims—To investigate and compare the eVects of a predominantly fat or carbohydrate meal on colonic motility. Methods—In 18 healthy subjects, ambulatory colonic manometry was performed by placing a six sensor, solid state probe from the mid-transverse...

Effects of functional sweeteners on the development of the metabolic syndrome and atherosclerosis are unknown. The objective was to compare the effect of dietary carbohydrate in the form of sucrose (SUCR) to D-tagatose (TAG; an isomer of fructose currently used as a low-calorie sweetener) on body weight, blood cholesterol concentrations, hyperglycemia, and atherosclerosis in low-density lipopro...

Background Limited phosphate (Pi) reserves and the economic adverse environmental impacts of excessive application mineral fertilizers in soils are alarming. Therefore, use organic phosphorus (Porg) is suggested to reduce reliance on chemical fertilizers. Aims There currently little information regarding accessibility Porg N2 fixation plants. present study aims address question what extent subs...

Seaweeds have been introduced as an important sources of food and pharmaceutical active agents since last century. In this study, the chemical composition and functional characteristics of (common names) Nizamuddinia zanardinii and Iyengaria stellata, were investigated. The total carbohydrate and ash contents were the two most abundant components in these seaweeds but their crude lipid and fibe...

It is believed that the inhibition of carbohydrate hydrolyzing enzymes including α-amylase and α-glucosidase is one of the therapeutic approaches to decrease the postprandial glucose level after a meal, especially in the people with type 2 diabetes. Medicinal plants and their extracts are one of the main sources to find new inhibitors to the enzymes. In our study four flavonoids, namely luteoli...

sixty eight holstein cows, 38 primiparous and 30 multiparous ones, were employed in a randomized complete block design, blocked to evaluate the effects of 2 diets in various ruminal fermentable carbohydrate sources (ground corn vs rolled wheat) on rumen fermentation and performance during preparturient period. primiparous and multiparous cows were blocked by parity. the cows were fed diets as t...