Hanna Steigerwald, Frank Blanco-Pérez, Andrea Macías-Camero, Melanie Albrecht, Melanie Huch, Caroline Bender, Stefan Schülke, Judith Keller, Maren Krause, Coral Barbas, Irene Gonzalez-Menendez, Leticia Quintanilla-Martinez, Masako Toda, Domingo Barber, Sabine Kulling, Mirko Bunzel, Stefan Vieths, Alma Villaseñor, Dominic Stoll, Stephan Scheurer
Pectins are dietary fibers that are attributed with several beneficial immunomodulatory effects. Depending on the degree of esterification (DE), pectins can be classified as high methoxyl pectin (HMP) or low methoxyl pectin (LMP). The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of pectin methyl-esterification on intestinal microbiota and its immunomodulatory properties in naive mice. Supplementation of the diet with LMP or HMP induced changes in the composition of the intestinal microbiota in mice toward Bacteroides, which was mainly promoted by HMP...
June 15, 2024: Carbohydrate Polymers