Fermentation characteristics of resistant starch, arabinoxylan, and β-glucan and their effects on the gut microbial ecology of pigs: A review

Dietary fibers (DF) contain an abundant amount of energy, although the mammalian genome does not encode most of the enzymes required to degrade them. However, a mutual dependence is developed between the host and symbiotic microbes, which has the potential to extract the energy present in these DF....

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Main Authors: Utsav P. Tiwari, Amit K. Singh, Rajesh Jha
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: KeAi Communications Co., Ltd. 2019-09-01
Series:Animal Nutrition
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S240565451830249X