Effects of Feeding Diets Containing Sucrose, Cellobiose or Glucose on the Dry Weights of Cleaned Gastrointestinal Organs in the Rat

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Abstract
Compared to feeding basal (67%) cornstarch or 25% glucose or 25% sucrose diets, feeding a 15% cellobiose diet to rats for 4–5 weeks resulted in diarrhea, smaller body weight gains, greater small gut weight relative to body weight, greater absolute and relative weights of the cecum and of the colon plus rectum, and several differences in stomach weight. In a separate 4–4 1/2-week feeding experiment, the absolute and relative weights of the stomach in three dietary groups were in the order: 67% glucose > 67% sucrose > 67% cornstarch. Also 67% sucrose exceeded 67% cornstarch in absolute and relative small gut weights and in small gut weight: length ratio.