[HTML][HTML] Inulin and oligofructose and mineral metabolism: the evidence from animal trials

KE Scholz-Ahrens, J Schrezenmeir - The Journal of nutrition, 2007 - Elsevier
Nondigestible oligosaccharides have been shown to increase the absorption of several
minerals (calcium, magnesium, in some cases phosphorus) and trace elements (mainly
copper, iron, zinc). Inulin-type fructans including oligofructose and fructooligosaccharides
derived from sucrose by enzymatic transfructosylation are the best investigated food
ingredients in this respect. The stimulation of absorption was more pronounced when the
demand for calcium was high, ie, in animals in the rapid growing stage and in animals with …