Table 3.

Digestibility of 1-kestose, galactosylsucrose and panose by human and rat small intestinal homogenates

Substrate	Human (n = 5)	Rats (n = 6)
	Specific activity ± SD	Specific activity ± SD
1-Kestose	0.01 ± 0.02	0.01 ± 0.04
Galactosylsucrose	0.28 ± 2.32	0.21 ± 0.08
Panose	3.6 ± 0.4	3.1 ± 0.5

Notes: The specific activities of disaccharidases are expressed as μ moles of substrate hydrolyzed/mg protein/h, at 37°C, pH 6.0. Values are mean ± SD in 5 humans and 6 rats. There was no significant difference between human and rat. Whole region of the small intestine of rat was used to determine the activity.

Abbreviation: SD, standard deviation.