[Acid oligosaccharides as the active principle of aqueous carrot extracts for prevention and therapy of gastrointestinal infections].
[Acid oligosaccharides as the active principle of aqueous carrot extracts for prevention and therapy of gastrointestinal infections]. - PubMed - NCBI
Hey all,
I found this neat article about the carrot. Not sure if its been posted before. The gist is that certain oligosaccharides within the carrot are able to block the adherence of pathogenic bacteria from binding to the human intestinal mucosa. Another support for Peat's recommendation for the carrot. The study is however in vitro, just something to keep in mind. Also, I don't have access to the full text.
Abstract
Adherence of microorganisms to the intestinal mucosa is an important and initial step in the pathogenesis of gastrointestinal infections and mediated by carbohydrate structures on the cell surface. Adherence can be blocked by carbohydrate receptor analogues. Aqueous extracts from carrots (carrot soup) contain acidic oligosaccharides, which are able to block adherence of various enteropathogenic microorganisms to HEp-2 cells and human intestinal mucosa in vitro. Dependent on the grade of polymerisation the most potent blocking ability was seen for trigalacturonic acid. Clinical studies revealed, that aqueous carrot extracts are significantly superior to the basic glucose-electrolyt-solution for oral rehydration in acute gastrointestional infections of children.
[Acid oligosaccharides as the active principle of aqueous carrot extracts for prevention and therapy of gastrointestinal infections]. - PubMed - NCBI
Hey all,
I found this neat article about the carrot. Not sure if its been posted before. The gist is that certain oligosaccharides within the carrot are able to block the adherence of pathogenic bacteria from binding to the human intestinal mucosa. Another support for Peat's recommendation for the carrot. The study is however in vitro, just something to keep in mind. Also, I don't have access to the full text.
Abstract
Adherence of microorganisms to the intestinal mucosa is an important and initial step in the pathogenesis of gastrointestinal infections and mediated by carbohydrate structures on the cell surface. Adherence can be blocked by carbohydrate receptor analogues. Aqueous extracts from carrots (carrot soup) contain acidic oligosaccharides, which are able to block adherence of various enteropathogenic microorganisms to HEp-2 cells and human intestinal mucosa in vitro. Dependent on the grade of polymerisation the most potent blocking ability was seen for trigalacturonic acid. Clinical studies revealed, that aqueous carrot extracts are significantly superior to the basic glucose-electrolyt-solution for oral rehydration in acute gastrointestional infections of children.
