African Journal of
Biotechnology

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Biotechnol.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1684-5315
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJB
  • Start Year: 2002
  • Published Articles: 12487

Full Length Research Paper

Effects of different dietary protein sources on cecal microflora in rats

Hongwei Qi, Zhentian Xiang, Guoquan Han, Bing Yu, Zhiqing Huang and Daiwen Chen*
Institute of Animal Nutrition, Key Laboratory for Animal Disease-Resistance Nutrition of China Ministry of Education, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya’an, Sichuan 625014, People’s Republic of China.
Email: [email protected]

  •  Accepted: 06 April 2011
  •  Published: 09 May 2011

Abstract

The aim of this study was to test the effects of balanced diets respectively containing soya protein isolate, zein and casein as the sole protein source on the amount of total bacteria, Lactobacillus, Bifidobacterium and Escherichia in cecal digesta of growing rats. The casein increased the amount of Lactobacillus andBifidobacterium than the soya protein and zein. Soy protein was better than the zein in the role of increasing the numbers of Lactobacilli and Bifidobacterium in the cecal of rats.

 

Key words: Protein, Lactobacillus, Bifidobacterium, Escherichia coli, rats, quantitative real-time PCR.

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