Abstract
Unprocessed and acid-extruded rapeseed meal (RSM) was fed to pigs as the only source of non-starch polysaccharides (NSP) and protein. Unfermented carbohydrate structures were analyzed. Acid-extrusion seemed to increase rigidness of the NSP-matrix in vivo, without affecting NSP-fermentability. Water-soluble NSP were almost completely fermented in the colon. From the water-insoluble unfermented carbohydrates 46–68% (w/w) was analyzed as the polysaccharides rhamnogalacturonan, (branched) arabinan, XXXG-type xyloglucan, linear xylan, galactomannan, and cellulose. A major fraction (35–54% w/w) of the unfermented carbohydrates was unexpectedly released as small uronyl-rich carbohydrates (
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 271-279 |
| Journal | Industrial Crops and Products |
| Volume | 58 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2014 |
Keywords
- cell-wall polysaccharides
- nonstarch polysaccharides
- canola-meal
- growing pigs
- poultry
- digestibility
- xyloglucan
- enzyme
- oligosaccharides
- microbiome