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Prebiotic interventions for the improvement of gut health

Vulevic, J. and Tzortzis, G. (2005) Prebiotic interventions for the improvement of gut health. Agro Food Industry Hi-Tech, 16 (4). pp. 12-14. ISSN 1722-6996

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Abstract/Summary

The increasing awareness of the role that the colonic microflora plays in maintaining host health within the gastrointestinal tract and systemically through the absorption of metabolites, has attracted a lot of interest, within the nutritional sciences, in developing dietary tools for controlling the colonic microflora. Among those dietary tools, prebiotics aim to improve health by stimulating numbers and/or activities of the beneficial bacteria in the gut, mainly bifidobacteria and lactobacilli. The ability of incorporating prebiotics in various food processes together with recent developments in understanding how prebiotics are metabolised by health promoting bacteria, allow us to specifically aim such dietary interventions towards selected population groups, such as infants and elderly, and disease states, such as colon cancer and irritable bowel disease.

Item Type:Article
Refereed:Yes
Divisions:Life Sciences > School of Chemistry, Food and Pharmacy > Department of Food and Nutritional Sciences
ID Code:12880
Uncontrolled Keywords:INTESTINAL MICROFLORA, OLIGOSACCHARIDES, BIFIDOBACTERIUM, COLON, FERMENTATION, PROBIOTICS

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