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Effects of fermented, ropy, non-dairy, oat-based products on serum lipids and the faecal excretion of cholesterol and short chain fatty acids in germfree and conventional rats

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Author

  • Olof Mårtensson
  • M Duenas-Chasco
  • A Irastorza
  • Olle Holst
  • M Rudling
  • E Norin
  • T Midtvedt
  • Rickard Öste

Summary, in English

Three fermented, ropy, non-dairy, oat-based products were evaluated for their effect on serum lipids, faecal cholesterol and faecal short chain fatty. acids in germfree and conventional rats. Three different exopolysaccharide (EPS) producing lactic acid bacteria strains were used to ferment the non-dairy oat-base (Adavena(R) G40) (Ceba Foods AB, Lund; Sweden). Two commercial non-dairy products based on oats (Mill Milk(TM)) (Ceba Foods AB, Lund, Sweden) and rice (Rice Dream(R)) (Imagine Foods, London, UK) were used as non-ropy and unfermented controls. All the standardized feeds were sterilized before being fed to the animals. Adult, germfree-and conventional AGUS rats, were fed the above sterile diets ad libitum for 21 days. Blood samples and faecal samples were collected and the animals' weight gain was monitored throughout the study. No significant change in serum lipids or faecal excretion of cholesterol was observed between the groups on the different diets. A difference in faecal SCFA pattern was observed in conventional rats fed on the oat-based diets in comparison. to the group fed on the rice-based diet. More evidence is needed to support the effect of fermented, ropy, oat-based products and their potential effect on serum lipids, faecal cholesterol/coprostanol levels and amounts of short chain fatty acids.

Publishing year

2002

Language

English

Pages

1461-1473

Publication/Series

Nutrition Research

Volume

22

Issue

12

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Elsevier

Topic

  • Industrial Biotechnology
  • Nutrition and Dietetics

Keywords

  • non-dairy
  • oats
  • lactic acid bacteria
  • exopolysaccharides
  • cholesterol
  • germfree

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 0271-5317