Abstract
In this study, rice starch with well-controlled digestion resistibility achieved by heat-moisture treatment (HMT) was chosen as a supplementary diet for high-fat-diet-fed mice. Then, the nutritional functions of HMT-modified rice starch were evaluated by the physiological and biochemical indices, proliferation and distribution of intestinal microflora, and functional diversity by putative metagenomes analysis. Compared with the native-rice-starch mice (DM) group, the blood glucose, serum lipid, oxidative stress, and liver function metabolic levels/indices of the HMT-rice-starch mice (HMT-DM) group were worse due to the declined level of slowly digestible starch (SDS) in HMT-modified rice starch. Meanwhile, the species diversity index was observed to be higher in the DM group and Bifidobacteria was identified as a type of bacteria related to the relatively higher content of RS in HMT-modified rice starch. Overall, our results provide important information for the rational design of rice starch-based health-promoting foods with nutritional functions.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 165-172 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Journal of Functional Foods |
Volume | 45 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Jun 2018 |
Funding
This research has been financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)-Guangdong Joint Foundation Key Project ( U1501214 ), YangFan Innovative and Entrepreneurial Research Team Project ( 2014YT02S029 ), the Science and Technology Program of Guangzhou ( 201607010109 ). F. Xie acknowledges the European Union’s Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) and the Institute of Advanced Study (IAS), University of Warwick for the Warwick Interdisciplinary Research Leadership Programme (WIRL-COFUND).
Funders | Funder number |
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Guangdong Joint Foundation Key Project | U1501214 |
Horizon 2020 Framework Programme | 713548 |
Guangdong Innovative and Entrepreneurial Research Team Program | 2014YT02S029 |
National Natural Science Foundation of China | |
Guangzhou Science and Technology Program key projects | 201607010109 |
Keywords
- Digestibility
- Heat-moisture treatment
- Intestinal microflora
- Nutritional functions
- Rice starch
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Food Science
- Medicine (miscellaneous)
- Nutrition and Dietetics