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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… 
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Review
2011
Review
2011
Fermentation in the Human Large Intestine: Its Physiologic Consequences and the Potential Contribution of Prebiotics
The human large intestine harbors a complex microbiota containing many hundreds of different bacterial species. Although… 
Review
2010
Review
2010
Probiotics and Prebiotics in Pediatrics
This clinical report reviews the currently known health benefits of probiotic and prebiotic products, including those added to… 
Review
2008
Review
2008
Inulin-type prebiotics--a review: part 1.
This article is part 1 of a two-part review of inulin-type prebiotics. Prebiotics are a category of nutritional compounds grouped… 
Review
2005
Review
2005
Modulation of the human gut microflora towards improved health using prebiotics--assessment of efficacy.
There is increasing awareness that the human gut microflora plays a critical role in maintaining host health, both within the… 
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Prebiotic Amino Acids as Asymmetric Catalysts
The exogenous delivery of cometary and asteroidal material is observed today and undoubtedly has showered the Earth through its… 
Review
2001
Review
2001
Prebiotic digestion and fermentation.
Prebiotics, as currently conceived of, are all carbohydrates of relatively short chain length. To be effective they must reach… 
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Encapsulation of probiotic bacteria with alginate-starch and evaluation of survival in simulated gastrointestinal conditions and in yoghurt.
Review
1999
Review
1999
Dietary modulation of the human gut microflora using the prebiotics oligofructose and inulin.
Although largely unproven in humans, better resistance to pathogens, reduction in blood lipids, antitumor properties, hormonal… 
Review
1998
Review
1998
Dietary modulation of the human gut microflora using prebiotics
The human colonic flora has both beneficial and pathogenic potentials with respect to host health. There is now much interest in… 
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Volcanic production of polyphosphates and its relevance to prebiotic evolution
PHOSPHATES would probably have been essential compounds for prebiotic evolution on the primitive Earth. In this context, there… 
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