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Prebiotics

Known as: Prebiotic, Prebiotics [Chemical/Ingredient] 
Non-digestible food ingredients mostly of a carbohydrate base that improve human health by selectively stimulating the growth and/or activity of… Expand
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Review
2017
Review
2017
Expert consensus document: The International Scientific Association for Probiotics and Prebiotics (ISAPP) consensus statement on the definition and scope of prebiotics
In December 2016, a panel of experts in microbiology, nutrition and clinical research was convened by the International… Expand
Review
2013
Review
2013
Fiber and Prebiotics: Mechanisms and Health Benefits
The health benefits of dietary fiber have long been appreciated. Higher intakes of dietary fiber are linked to less… Expand
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Highly Cited
2011
Highly Cited
2011
Responses of Gut Microbiota and Glucose and Lipid Metabolism to Prebiotics in Genetic Obese and Diet-Induced Leptin-Resistant Mice
OBJECTIVE To investigate deep and comprehensive analysis of gut microbial communities and biological parameters after prebiotic… Expand
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Review
2010
Review
2010
Prebiotic effects: metabolic and health benefits
The different compartments of the gastrointestinal tract are inhabited by populations of micro-organisms. By far the most… Expand
Review
2010
Review
2010
Probiotics and prebiotics in animal feeding for safe food production.
Recent outbreaks of food-borne diseases highlight the need for reducing bacterial pathogens in foods of animal origin. Animal… Expand
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Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
Synthesis of activated pyrimidine ribonucleotides in prebiotically plausible conditions
At some stage in the origin of life, an informational polymer must have arisen by purely chemical means. According to one version… Expand
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Review
2007
Review
2007
Prebiotics: the concept revisited.
A prebiotic is "a selectively fermented ingredient that allows specific changes, both in the composition and/or activity in the… Expand
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Review
2006
Review
2006
Review article: prebiotics in the gastrointestinal tract
Prebiotics are short‐chain carbohydrates that alter the composition, or metabolism, of the gut microbiota in a beneficial manner… Expand
Review
2004
Review
2004
Dietary modulation of the human colonic microbiota: updating the concept of prebiotics
Prebiotics are non-digestible (by the host) food ingredients that have a beneficial effect through their selective metabolism in… Expand
Review
2003
Review
2003
Application of prebiotics and probiotics in poultry production.
The intestinal microbiota, epithelium, and immune system provide resistance to enteric pathogens. Recent data suggest that… Expand
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