… colon cancer prevention (4). We decided to examine the effects of raw potato starch, a type
of starch that enters the rodent large intestine in large quantities, compared to starches from …

… In contrast, butyrate may induce cell cycle arrest or even apoptosis of colonocytes in vitro
by triggering apoptotic pathways originating in the mitochondria.11, 12 The Bcl-2 family of …

… 250 g/kg of native corn starch (CS; 26% amylose, 74% amylopectin) or 250 g/kg of raw
potato starch (RPS), as examples of digestible starch and resistant starch (Type II), respectively. …

… colon cancer (9-12). Recently, we demonstrated in mice that high-fat/low-starch and cellulose
diets increased cell proliferation … the burst of proliferation induced in the colon by a bolus of …

… –dark cycle. … colon. Conversely, RPS‐induced lactate pools were similar to those for the
Basal diet in the caecum and the proximal colon, but significantly increased in the distal colon…

… was to examine the effect of raw potato starch alone and in … proliferation was significantly
enhanced by potato starch … pattern of cell proliferation in the entire colonic mucosa of pa- …

… amount of raw potato starch (RPS; resistant starch) or corn starch (CS; digestible starch). …
with damage to epithelial cells, such as crypt cell proliferation and magnesium excretion, …

… ; type II or RS2, representing starch in granules, such as raw potato, unripe bananas; and …
composition and colonic cell proliferation during the supplementation of resistant starch to a …

… We consider these findings artifactual; therefore, it was omitted from the cell cycle comparisons
and discussion. Fifteen genes were found in common, in the top 20 for all groups and of …

… (a marker for cell proliferation), and weight, starch content and pH … Entry of a large amount
of raw potato starch into the colon … starch was apparently fer mented within the colon in the raw …