A modified fermentation procedure based on one described by Homer Smith in his textbook was used to eliminate glucose interference in the automated detrmination of inulin. The manifold of Fjeldbo and Stamey [J. Lab. Clin. Med. 72, 353 (1968)] was modified to enable us to insert the fermentation procedure without sacrificing precision in continuous-flow analysis for inulin. Analytical recoveries...

Complex fermentable carbohydrates, such as inulin-type fructans have been shown to improve Mg2+ absorption in the hindgut and body stores. The mechanisms for this are not well understood. The newly identified transient receptor potential melastatin 6 and 7 (TRPM6 and TRPM7) channels have been shown to function in active epithelial Mg2+ transport in the apical membrane of epithelial cells, the k...

Simultaneous determination of glomerular filtration rate by inulin clearance may be required during studies of the renal excretion of the bacterial polysaccharide, dextran. This involves the estimation of both inulin and dextran in the same plasma and urine samples. Unfortunately, dextran interferes with the analysis of inulin, both by the method of Alving, Flox, Pitesky, and Miller (1) and by ...

Gembili (Dioscorea esculenta L) and dahlia (Dahlia are local plants that grow in Indonesia. This research was conducted to obtain the yield, inulin content, solubility, white degree of gembili by hot water, ethanol extraction, compared commercial. study used a completely randomized design with factorial, i.e., from Gunungkidul Sukoharjo; Cibodas Berastagi. The results showed extract gunungkidul...

In this study, goat fermented milk trials were prepared with six potentially probiotic autochthonous cultures ‒ Lactobacillus rhamnosus EM1107, plantarum (CNPC001, CNPC002, CNPC003 and CNPC004) mucosae CNPC007 in the presence absence of a starter culture ( Streptococcus thermophilus , ST) inulin (IN) or oligofructose (FOS), consisting 36 trials. The without only achieved lactic acid content abo...

Innovation of pastry products towards higher nutritional and commercial value remains a challenge to the growing field healthy food. In this study, prebiotic supplementation sugar reduction were explored in widely consumed product with low level innovation. The potential agave inulin galacto-oligosaccharides (GOS) was evaluated compared by an vitro model using human fecal inocula. Rice muffins ...

Complex fermentable carbohydrates, such as inulin-type fructans have been shown to improve Mg absorption in the hindgut and body stores. The mechanisms for this are not well understood. The newly identified transient receptor potential melastatin 6 and 7 (TRPM6 and TRPM7) channels have been shown to function in active epithelial Mg transport in the apical membrane of epithelial cells, the kidne...

We evaluated urinary excretion and tubular transport of H-digoxin by three different methods in anesthetized rats made diuretic by infusion of 2.5% saline. In one group small volumes of H-digoxin and "C-inulin were injected simultaneously into surface proximal convolutions, and urine was collected serially from both ureters. Digoxin recovery was lower after early (62.1 ± 5.3%) than after late (...

BACKGROUND previous studies have shown that non-digestible inulin-type fructan intake can increase intestinal mineral absorption in both humans and animals. However, this stimulatory effect on intestinal absorption may depend on experimental conditions such as duration of fermentable fiber intake, mineral diet levels and animals' physiological status, in particular their age. OBJECTIVES the a...

Postischemic acute renal failure (ARF) induced by cardiac surgery is commonly prolonged and may be irreversible. To examine whether persistence of postischemic, tubular cell injury accounts for delayed recovery from ARF, we studied 10 patients developing protracted (36 +/- 4 d) ARF after cardiac surgery. The differential clearance and excretion dynamics of probe solutes of graded size were dete...