Abstract
ABSTRACTSemipurified diets containing either 0, 5 or 20% wheat bran were fed ad libitum to male Sprague‐Dawley rats. Significant increases in weights (P < 0.05) were found for the stomach, 32.6 ± 8.7%, and for the large intestine, 14.5 ± 4.8%, in rats fed 20% wheat bran compared to the control rats fed 0% wheat bran. Wheat bran consumption had no effect on plasma vitamin E or plasma vitamin A levels after 56 days of feeding; however, plasma vitamin A and vitamin E levels were shown to decline after 6 weeks and 5 weeks respectively, on the wheat bran diets. These studies suggest that some metabolic modifications induced by dietary wheat bran undergo reversible adaptations that are time dependent.
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