Effects of dietary fiber preparations made from maize starch on the growth and activity of selected bacteria from the Firmicutes, Bacteroidetes, and Actinobacteria phyla in fecal samples from obese children

• Authors: Renata Barczynska , Katarzyna Slizewska , Mieczyslaw Litwin , Mieczyslaw Szalecki , Janusz Kapusniak
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Currently, there is a search for substances that would be very well tolerated by an organism and which could contribute to the activation of the growth of Bacteroidetes and Actinobacteria strains, with simultaneous inhibition of the growth of Firmicutes. High expectations in this regard are raised with the use of fiber preparations from starch - resistant corn dextrins, branched dextrins, resistant maltodextrins and soluble corn fiber. In this paper, the influence of fiber preparations made from corn starch was evaluated on growth and activity of Bacteroidetes, Actinobacteria and Firmicutes strains isolated from obese children. It was demonstrated that in the stool of obese children Firmicutes strains predominate, while Bacteroidetes and Actinobacteria strains were in the minority. A supplementation of fecal culture with fiber preparations did not cause any significant changes in the number of strains of Bacteroidetes and Firmicutes. Addition of fiber preparations to the fecal samples of obese children increased the amount of short-chain fatty acids, especially acetic (p < 0.01), propionic, butyric (p = 0.05) and lactic acid (p < 0.01).

Keywords

EN

Microbiota; obesity; dietary fiber; SCFA

• Publisher: Polish Biochemical Society
• Journal: Acta Biochimica Polonica
• Year: 2016
• Volume: 63
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 261-266

Dates

published

2016

received

2015-05-19

revised

2015-09-08

accepted

2016-02-13

(unknown)

2016-02-29

Contributors

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Renata Barczynska

• Institute of Chemistry, Environmental Protection and Biotechnology, Jan Dlugosz University in Czestochowa, Czestochowa, Poland

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Katarzyna Slizewska

• Institute of Fermentation Technology and Microbiology, Faculty of Biotechnology and Food Sciences, Technical University of Lodz, Łódź, Poland

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Mieczyslaw Litwin

• The Children's Memorial Health Institute, Warsaw, Poland

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Mieczyslaw Szalecki

• The Children's Memorial Health Institute, Warsaw, Poland
• Faculty of Health Sciences, UJK, Kielce, Poland

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Janusz Kapusniak

• Institute of Chemistry, Environmental Protection and Biotechnology, Jan Dlugosz University in Czestochowa, Czestochowa, Poland

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Identifiers

DOI

10.18388/abp.2015_1068