Project description:Conventionally raised and germ-free newly weaned male Sprague-Dawley rats were fed a basal diet or a diet supplemented with digestion resistant carbohydrates in the form of inulin, resistant starch or konjac flour. Gene expression in colon tissue was measured to characterise interaction between food, microbes and host.
Project description:The effect of Lactobacillus spp. ensiled Alaria esculenta on fecal bacterial composition and butyrate content in healthy- and DSS-induced-colitis rats.