The effect of dietary phytase and the prebiotic inulin on apparent mineral digestibility, bone mineralization, and tissue mineral contents was evaluated in weanling and growing pigs. In Exp. 1, inulin and phytase were incorporated in a 2 × 3 factorial arrangement of treatments with 8 replicate pens per treatment in a randomized complete block design. There were 2 levels of phytase [0 and 1000 p...

inulin is widely distributed throughout the plant kingdom. it has been increasingly used in various foods due to its beneficial nutritional attributes as prebiotic ingredient. the helianthus tuberosus could be a source of inulin, but scarce studies about its extraction exist. ultrasound has attracted considerable interest in food science and technology due to its promising effects in food proce...

The effect of adding inulin to balanced diets for tropical gar (Atractosteus tropicus) larvae on growth, survival, digestive enzyme activity, and antioxidant activity was evaluated. were supplemented with 0.5, 1.0, 1.5, 2.0, 2.5% in addition a control diet (0% inulin). A total 1800 A. tropicus distributed 18 tanks used; the fed five times day (8:00, 11:00, 13:00, 15:00, 18:00) Artemia nauplii f...

The effect of different levels of inulin (0, 1.5 and 3 %) and probiotic bacteria including Lactobacillus acidophilus and Lactobacillus casei on chemical properties (pH and titratable acidity) and viable count of probiotic strain of sweet cream during 30 days for 15-day interval at 4°C were studied. All experiments were carried out in three replications. The results showed that...

Seasonal variation (e.g. temperature and photoperiod) between growing seasons might affectinulin content and inulin yield of Jerusalem artichoke. However, there is limited information ongenotypic response to seasons for inulin content and inulin yield. The objective of this studywas to investigate the variability in genotypic response to seasons for inulin content and inulinyield of Jerusalem a...

A method for the extraction and quantitation of 3H inulin from tissues is described. This method does not require either combustion technics or time-consuming acid extraction procedures. Inulin is as soluble in the liquid scintillation medium as it is in water. Therefore, hot-water tissue extracts without further treatment were employed to quantitate l1 inulin. Nearly 100% recovery was obtained...

Conventional dietary strategies to reduce pig manure odor may either be costly, or impede nutrient digestibility. Additionally, the response of manure odor to such measures may be variable, indicating a complex relationship between environmental pollutant and diet. We hypothesized that dietary Lactobacillus plantarum (LP), with or without the inclusion of a purified oligofructose (inulin), may ...

A novel inulin-degrading bacterium was isolated from a soil sample collected on Jerusalem artichoke roots. It is a Gram-positive, aerobic, motile and central endospore-forming straight rod, and exhibits phenotypic properties being consistent with its classification in the genus Paenibacillus. The predominant cellular fatty acids were anteiso-C15:0, C16:0 and anteiso-C17:0. This strain represent...