Lack of Effect of Lactose Digestion Status on Baseline Fecal Microflora

Andrew Szilagyi; Ian Shrier; George Chong; Jung Sung Je; Sunghoon Park; Debra Heilpern; Catherine Lalonde; Louis-Francois Cote; Byong Lee

doi:10.1155/2009/693794

Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology (Jan 2009)

Lack of Effect of Lactose Digestion Status on Baseline Fecal Microflora

Andrew Szilagyi,
Ian Shrier,
George Chong,
Jung Sung Je,
Sunghoon Park,
Debra Heilpern,
Catherine Lalonde,
Louis-Francois Cote,
Byong Lee

Affiliations

Andrew Szilagyi: Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Sir Mortimer B Davis Jewish General Hospital, McGill School of Medicine, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Ian Shrier: Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Community Studies, Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Sir Mortimer B Davis Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
George Chong: Division of Laboratory Genetic Testing, Department of Biochemistry, Sir Mortimer B Davis Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Jung Sung Je: Department of Food Science, Macdonald Campus, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Sunghoon Park: Department of Food Science, Macdonald Campus, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Debra Heilpern: Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Sir Mortimer B Davis Jewish General Hospital, McGill School of Medicine, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Catherine Lalonde: Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Sir Mortimer B Davis Jewish General Hospital, McGill School of Medicine, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Louis-Francois Cote: Department of Dietetics, Sir Mortimer B Davis Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Byong Lee: Department of Food Science, Macdonald Campus, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2009/693794
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 23, no. 11
pp. 753 – 759

Abstract

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BACKGROUND: The genetics of intestinal lactase divide the world’s population into two phenotypes: the ability (a dominant trait) or inability (a recessive trait) to digest lactose. A prebiotic effect of lactose may impact the colonic flora of these phenotypes differently.

Published in Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology

ISSN: 0835-7900 (Print); 1916-7237 (Online)
Publisher: Hindawi Limited
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the digestive system. Gastroenterology
Website: https://www.hindawi.com/journals/cjgh/

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