Component
Short-chain fatty acid production in human fecal cultures
Short-chain fatty acid production in human fecal cultures. Species, exposure and limitations are retained in each linked claim.
1 recorded relationships. Experimental role, claim status and evidence remain attached to each record.
How nutrients influence it
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Other things that act on it
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How nutrients reach it in more than one step
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What it does
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What acts on it
Added pectin increased SCFA generation in human fecal incubations; acetate was the major measured SCFA.
Experimental context and source evidence
- evidence_span
- {"source_cache": "artifacts/pectin-research/2317475.abstract.txt", "locator": "Primary indexed abstract; zero-based, end-exclusive Unicode character offsets", "file_sha256": "86aae760cc52aeca6f270420e20dabaffa8167770fa30c7fa8e35b1f67b7d9b4", "start_char": 0, "end_char": 1642, "text_sha256": "86aae760cc52aeca6f270420e20dabaffa8167770fa30c7fa8e35b1f67b7d9b4"}
- experimental_model
- Anaerobic human fecal incubations before and after carbohydrate pre-feeding
- exposure
- Pectin and comparator carbohydrates; 48-hour incubations, up to two weeks of pre-feeding
- limitations
- Cultures lack intestinal absorption and host metabolism; results do not quantify systemic exposure.
- nutrient_topic
- Pectin research collection; topical membership is not evidence of a direct dietary effect. · Pectin, structurally heterogeneous plant polysaccharides
- organism
- Human fecal microbiota ex vivo
- plain_language
- Gut microbes can turn pectin into small organic acids.
- primary_references
- [pectin-p2317475] The effect of lactulose, pectin, arabinogalactan and cellulose on the production of organic acids and metabolism of ammonia by intestinal bacteria in a faecal incubation system. (1990). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2317475/ DOI: 10.1079/bjn19900088
- tissue_or_cell_type
- Batch cultures
Pectin: metabolism, signaling and nutrient connections (2026-09-17) · lines 867–878
AI-assisted literature curation; primary study URLs and scope retained in the document and extraction. Not publisher full text. · supports · Anaerobic human fecal incubations before and after carbohydrate pre-feeding · source_derived_draft · unverified_draft
### pectin-fermentation-scfa Added pectin increased SCFA generation in human fecal incubations; acetate was the major measured SCFA. Condition category: normal nutrient_topic: Pectin research collection; topical membership is not evidence of a direct dietary effect. plain_language: Gut microbes can turn pectin into small organic acids. organism: Human fecal microbiota ex vivo tissue_or_cell_type: Batch cultures experimental_model: Anaerobic human fecal incubations before and after carbohydrate pre-feeding limitations: Cultures lack intestinal absorption and host metabolism; results do not quantify systemic exposure. exposure: Pectin and comparator carbohydrates; 48-hour incubations, up to two weeks of pre-feeding evidence_span: {"source_cache": "artifacts/pectin-research/2317475.abstract.txt", "locator": "Primary indexed abstract; zero-based, end-exclusive Unicode character offsets", "file_sha256": "86aae760cc52aeca6f270420e20dabaffa8167770fa30c7fa8e35b1f67b7d9b4", "start_char": 0, "end_char": 1642, "text_sha256": "86aae760cc52aeca6f270420e20dabaffa8167770fa30c7fa8e35b1f67b7d9b4"} [pectin-p2317475] The effect of lactulose, pectin, arabinogalactan and cellulose on the production of organic acids and metabolism of ammonia by intestinal bacteria in a faecal incubation system. (1990). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2317475/ DOI: 10.1079/bjn19900088
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Situations it appears in
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