Effects of spice mixture of cumin, coriander and red pepper intake on rat cecal microflora
1997
Sugawara, M. (Nagaoka National Coll. of Technology, Niigata (Japan)) | Suzuki, N.
The effects of a spice mixture used as a model of curry powder on rat recal microflora, cecal beta-glucosidase, beta-glucuronidase and nitroreductase activities, cecal ammonia, serum cholesterol and liver SOD (superoxide dismutase) activities were investigated. The spice mixture, which contained cumin, coriander and red pepper (10:10:3 w/w), was added to rat semi-purified feed with 14% lard. The test groups were a control (no spice supplemented), 1% spice mixture supplemented and 4% spice mixture supplemented. Cecal microflora, nitroreductase activities, pH and moisture, liver total-, Cu,Zn-, Mn-SOD activities, and serum cholesterol showed no differences due to spice supplementation. Ammonia concentrations and the cecal contents showed a tendency to decrease as the dose of spice was increased. Cecal beta-glucuronidase and beta-glucosidase activities were increased significantly (p0.05). From these results, we consider that bacterial metabolism in the serum is affected by spice mixture intake
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