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American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Vol 34, 218-228, Copyright © 1981 by The American Society for Clinical Nutrition, Inc

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Effect of chronic intake of dietary fibers on the ultrastructural topography of rat jejunum and colon: a scanning electron microscopy study

MM Cassidy, FG Lightfoot, LE Grau, JA Story, D Kritchevsky and GV Vahouny

This report is an attempt to quantitate the observable topographical characteristics of small and large intestine after a specific dietary regimen under well-defined states of lipid absorption and metabolism. Alfalfa, white wheat bran, cellulose, and pectin were fed for 6 wk at a level of 15 g/100 g diet to four groups of rats (12 rats per dietary group). A 5th control group was maintained on Purina Rat Chow. Three animals from each group were blind-coded for morphological assessment. After anesthesia, the jejunum and mid-colon were removed and processed for scanning electron microscopy. Beginning with the mildest mucosal surface changes, the observed order in terms of increasing severity is bran less than cellulose less than pectin less than alfalfa. Our observations suggest that altered rates of cell loss in intestinal tract cytokinetics may be occurring with particular feeding patterns and should be considered as a possible mechanism in the nutritional consequences of dietary fiber intake.


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