Wheat bran xylooligosaccharides improve blood lipid metabolism and antioxidant status in rats fed a high-fat diet

A Combination of Prebiotic Inulin and Oligofructose Improve Some of Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors in Women with Type 2 Diabetes: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial

“…28 Prebiotics might also improve glycemic status via increasing insulin sensitivity with their impact on gene expression which involved in reduction of inflammatory activity and adiposity. 29 The current study showed that oligofructose-enriched inulin (10 g/day for 8 weeks) in diabetic patients significantly increased plasma TAC levels and significantly decreased plasma MDA levels, but did not significantly affect SOD, catalase and GSH-Px activities. Because antioxidant micronutrients and kind of fat remained unchanged in throughout study, it suggests oligofructose-enriched inulin supplementation might be the main factor affecting the oxidativestress in this study.…”

“…Because antioxidant micronutrients and kind of fat remained unchanged in throughout study, it suggests oligofructose-enriched inulin supplementation might be the main factor affecting the oxidativestress in this study. In a study by Wang and colleagues 29 increased activity of catalase, SOD and GSH-Px enzymes and decreased levels of MDA were observed by the use of 5% wheat bran xylooligosaccharides in rats. Similar results had been shown in treated mice with Lactobacillus acidophilus in conjunction with inulin.…”

Obese Mice Fed a Diet Supplemented with Enzyme-Treated Wheat Bran Display Marked Shifts in the Liver Metabolome Concurrent with Altered Gut Bacteria

“…Therefore, the need for affordable, accessible, and safe approaches to body-weight control and improved metabolic health are in high demand. Changes in dietary patterns, such as increased dietary fiber intake, have been shown to be effective in body-weight reduction and improved metabolic function, at least in some contexts (5)(6)(7)(8). Despite the proposed benefits of increased dietary fiber intake, most adults consume less than half the recommended amount (9) and the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans named dietary fiber as a nutrient of concern (10).…”

Antioxidant Activity In Vivo and In Vitro of Two Feruloyl Oligosaccharides Preparations Produced from Wheat Bran and Fermented by Aureobasidium pullulans

“…A high value is placed on FOs, as they may be used as natural antioxidant materials. The antioxidant activity of FOs is higher than that of ferulic acid (FA) and vitamin C, as they exhibit strong inhibition of the hemolysis of mice red blood cells as well as elimination of Fe 2+ , H2O2, and hydroxyl radicals (Wang et al 2010(Wang et al , 2011. FOs have also been reported to display significant antioxidant capacity in 1-1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) and lipid peroxidation systems (Wang et al 2008(Wang et al , 2009.…”