文献类型： 外文期刊

作者： Jin, Ximeng ¹ ; Ru, Yuerong ¹ ; Zhang, Xuechun ¹ ; Kan, Huan ² ; Xiang, Ping ³ ; He, Xuemei ⁴ ; Sun, Jian ⁴ ; He, Xiahong ¹ ; Wang, Zhengxing ¹ ;

作者机构： 1.Southwest Forestry Univ, Key Lab Forest Resources Conservat & Utilizat Sout, Minist Educ, Kunming, Peoples R China

2.Southwest Forestry Univ, Coll Life Sci, Kunming, Peoples R China

3.Southwest Forestry Univ, Inst Environm Remediat & Human Hlth, Kunming, Peoples R China

4.Guangxi Acad Agr Sci, Guangxi Key Lab Fruits & Vegetables Storage Proc T, Nanning, Peoples R China

5.Southwest Forestry Univ, Coll Hort & Landscape, Kunming, Peoples R China

关键词： flowers of Juglans regia; in vitro gastrointestinal digestion; fecal fermentation; polyphenols; short-chain fatty acids; gut microbiota

期刊名称：FRONTIERS IN NUTRITION （ 影响因子：6.59； 五年影响因子：6.873 ）

ISSN： 2296-861X

年卷期： 2022 年 9 卷

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收录情况： SCI

摘要： The objective of the research was to investigate the digestion and fecal fermentation characteristics of the flowers of Juglans regia (FJR), by using in vitro simulated digestion model (oral, gastric, and intestine) as well as colonic fermentation. As a result, the contents of most active substances and functional activities of FJR were decreased as the digestion proceeded, and showed a trend of first increasing and then decreasing in the fecal fermentation phase. In the oral digestion phase, the total phenolic and total flavonoid contents were released most with the values of 11.43 and 9.41 mu g/mg, respectively. While in the gastric digestion phase, the antioxidant abilities, alpha-glucosidase and alpha-amylase inhibitory abilities were the weakest. By using high-performance liquid chromatography, 13 phenolic acids and 3 flavonoids were detected. Of these, the highest number of identified compounds were found in the undigested and the oral digestion stages, which were mainly salicylic acid, epicatechin, 3,5-dihydroxybenoic acid, vanillic acid, and protocatechuic acid. However, great losses were observed during the gastric and intestinal digestion stages, only epicatechin, salicylic acid, and protocatechuic acid were found. Surprisingly, fecal fermentation released more abundant phenolic substances compared to gastric and intestinal digestion. Additionally, FJR reduced the pH values in the colonic fermentation system, significantly promoted the production of short-chain fatty acids, and regulated the microbe community structure by improving the community richness of beneficial microbiota. This indicated that FJR had the benefit to improve the microorganismal environment in the intestine. Further Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes pathway analysis revealed that FJR could suppress the metabolic pathways related to diseases, such as infectious diseases, metabolic diseases and neurodegenerative diseases. In conclusion, although the bioactivities of FJR decreased significantly after in vitro gastrointestinal digestion and fecal fermentation, it still maintained certain antioxidant and hypoglycemic ability in vitro. This study described the detailed changes in the active compounds and bioactivities of FJR during in vitro gastrointestinal digestion and fecal fermentation, and its effects on microbiota composition and SCFAs levels in feces. Our results revealed the potential health benefits of FJR, and could provide a reference for its further research and development.