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Eid, N., Osmanova, H., Natchez, C., Walton, G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5426-5635, Costabile, A., Gibson, G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0566-0476, Rowland, I. and Spencer, J. P.E. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2931-7274 (2015) Impact of palm date consumption on microbiota growth and large intestinal health: a randomised, controlled, cross-over, human intervention study. British Journal of Nutrition, 114 (8). pp. 1226-1236. ISSN 1475-2662 doi: 10.1017/S0007114515002780

Johnson, L. P., Walton, G. E. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5426-5635, Psichas, A., Frost, G. S., Gibson, G. R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0566-0476 and Barraclough, T. G. (2015) Prebiotics modulate the effects of antibiotics on gut microbial diversity and functioning in vitro. Nutrients, 7 (6). pp. 4480-4497. ISSN 2072-6643 doi: 10.3390/nu7064480

Eid, N., Enani, S., Walton, G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5426-5635, Corona, G., Costabile, A., Gibson, G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0566-0476, Rowland, I. and Spencer, J. P. E. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2931-7274 (2014) The impact of date palm fruits and their component polyphenols, on gut microbial ecology, bacterial metabolites and colon cancer cell proliferation. Journal of nutritional science, 3. e46. ISSN 2048-6790 doi: 10.1017/jns.2014.16

Frost, G. S., Walton, G. E. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5426-5635, Swann, J. R., Psichas, A., Costabile, A., Johnson, L. P., Sponheimer, M., Gibson, G. R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0566-0476 and Barraclough, T. G. (2014) Impacts of plant-based foods in ancestral hominin diets on the metabolism and function of gut microbiota in vitro. mBio, 5. e00853-14. ISSN 2150-7511 doi: 10.1128/mbio.00853-14

Khalil, N., Walton, G. E. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5426-5635, Gibson, G. R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0566-0476, Tuohy, K. M. and Andrews, S. C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4295-2686 (2014) In vitro batch cultures of gut microbiota from healthy and ulcerative colitis (UC) subjects suggest that sulphate-reducing bacteria levels are raised in UC and by a protein-rich diet. International Journal of Food Science and Nutrition, 65 (1). pp. 79-88. ISSN 1465-3478 doi: 10.3109/09637486.2013.825700

Eid, N., Walton, G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5426-5635, Costabile, A., Kuhnle, G. G. C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8081-8931 and Spencer, J. P. E. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2931-7274 (2014) Polyphenols, glucosinolates, dietary fibre and colon cancer: Understanding the potential of specific types of fruit and vegetables to reduce bowel cancer progression. Nutrition and Aging, 2 (1). pp. 45-67. ISSN 1879-7725 doi: 10.3233/NUA-130029

Cueva, C., Sánchez-Patán, F., Monagas, M., Walton, G. E. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5426-5635, Gibson, G. R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0566-0476, Martín-Álvarez, P. J., Bartolomé, B. and Moreno-Arribas, M. V. (2013) In vitro fermentation of grape seed flavan-3-ol fractions by human faecal microbiota: changes in microbial groups and phenolic metabolites. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 83 (3). pp. 792-805. ISSN 1574-6941 doi: 10.1111/1574-6941.12037

Hobden, M. R., Martin-Morales, A., Guerin-Deremaux, L., Wils, D., Costabile, A., Walton, G. E. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5426-5635, Rowland, I., Kennedy, O. B. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3885-4872 and Gibson, G. R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0566-0476 (2013) In Vitro Fermentation of NUTRIOSE® FB06, a wheat dextrin soluble fibre, in a continuous culture human colonic model system. PLoS ONE, 8 (10). e77128. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0077128

Costabile, A., Fava, F., Roytio, H., Forssten, S. D., Olli, K., Klievink, J., Rowland, I. R., Ouwehand, A. C., Rastall, R. A., Gibson, G. R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0566-0476 and Walton, G. E. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5426-5635 (2012) Impact of polydextrose on the faecal microbiota: a double-blind, crossover, placebo-controlled feeding study in healthy human subjects. British Journal of Nutrition, 108 (3). pp. 471-481. ISSN 1475-2662 doi: 10.1017/S0007114511005782

Walton, G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5426-5635, Lu, C., Trogh, I., Arnaut, F. and Gibson, G. R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0566-0476 (2012) A randomised, double-blind, placebo controlled cross-over study to determine the gastrointestinal effects of consumption of arabinoxylanoligosaccharides enriched bread in healthy volunteers. Nutrition Journal, 11 (1). 36. ISSN 1475-2891 doi: 10.1186/1475-2891-11-36

Walton, G. E. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5426-5635, van deb Heauvel, E. G.H.M., Kosters, M. H. W., Rastall, R. A., Tuohy, K. M. and Gibson, G. R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0566-0476 (2012) A randomised crossover study investigating the effects of galacto-oligosaccharides on the faecal microbiota in men and women over 50 years of age. British Journal of Nutrition, 107 (10). pp. 1466-1475. ISSN 1475-2662 doi: 10.1017/S0007114511004697

Hidalgo, M., Oruna-Concha, M. J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7916-1592, Kolida, S., Walton, G. E. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5426-5635, Kallithraka, S., Spencer, J. P. E. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2931-7274, Gibson, G. R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0566-0476 and de Pascual-Teresa, S. (2012) Metabolism of anthocyanins by human gut microflora and their influence on gut bacterial growth. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 60 (15). pp. 3882-3890. ISSN 0021-8561 doi: 10.1021/jf3002153

Sánchez-Patán, F., Cueva, C., Monagas, M., Walton, G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5426-5635, Gibson, G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0566-0476, Quintanilla-López, J., Lebrón-Aguilar, R., Martín-Álvarez, P., Moreno-Arribas, M. and Bartolomé, B. (2012) In vitro fermentation of a red wine extract by human gut microbiota: changes in microbial groups and formation of phenolic metabolites. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 60 (9). pp. 2136-2147. ISSN 0021-8561 doi: 10.1021/jf2040115

Sánchez-Patán, F., Cueva, C., Monagas, M., Walton, G. E. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5426-5635, Gibson, G. R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0566-0476, Martín-Álvarez, P. J., Moreno-Arribas, M. V. and Bartolomé, B. (2012) Gut microbial catabolism of grape seed flavan-3-ols by human faecal microbiota. Targetted analysis of precursor compounds, intermediate metabolites and end-products. Food Chemistry, 131 (1). pp. 337-347. ISSN 0308-8146 doi: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2011.08.011

Toward, R., Montandon, S., Walton, G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5426-5635 and Gibson, G. R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0566-0476 (2012) Effect of prebiotics on the human gut microbiota of elderly persons. Gut Microbes, 3 (1). pp. 57-60. ISSN 1949-0984 doi: 10.4161/gmic.19411

Toward, R. E., Walton, G. E. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5426-5635 and Gibson, G. R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0566-0476 (2012) Immunosenescence and the gut microbiota: the role of probiotics and prebiotics. Nutrition and Aging, 1 (3-4). pp. 167-180. ISSN 1879-7725 doi: 10.3233/NUA-130014

Walton, G. E. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5426-5635, Rastall, R. A., Martini, M., Williams, C., Jeffries, R. and Gibson, G. R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0566-0476 (2010) A double-blind, placebo controlled human study investigating the effects of coffee derived manno-oligosaccharides on the faecal microbiota of a healthy adult population. International Journal of Probiotics and Prebiotics, 5 (2). pp. 75-84. ISSN 1555-1431

Walton, G. E. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5426-5635, Lim, Y., Ng, Y., Hannah, R. and Hunter, K. (2010) Prebiotics and probiotics: potential strategies for reducing travellers' diarrhoea in athletes competing abroad. Food Science and Technology Bulletin: Functional Foods, 6 (9). pp. 105-114. ISSN 1476-2137

Tuohy, K. M., Gougoulias, C., Shen, Q., Walton, G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5426-5635, Fava, F. and Ramnani, P. (2009) Studying the Human Gut Microbiota in the Trans-Omics Era - Focus on Metagenomics and Metabonomics. Current Pharmaceutical Design, 15 (11). pp. 1415-1427. ISSN 1381-6128

Walton, G. E. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5426-5635 and Gibson, G. R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0566-0476 (2007) Prebiotics and bowel cancer. Current Topics in Nutraceutical Research, 5 (1). pp. 19-28. ISSN 1540-7535

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Stephens, K., Walton, G. E. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5426-5635 and Gibson, G. R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0566-0476 (2014) Gastrointestinal microbiota. In: Lomer, M. (ed.) Advanced nutrition and dietetics in gastroenterology. Wiley-Blackwell, Chichester, pp. 41-47. ISBN 9780470671320 doi: 10.1002/9781118872796.ch1.8

Walton, G. E. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5426-5635, Swann, J. E. and Gibson, G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0566-0476 (2012) Prebiotics for gut microbiota modulation through diet. In: Rosenberg, E., DeLong, E. F., Lory, S. and Stackebrandt, E. (eds.) The Prokaryotes: A Handbook on the Biology of Bacteria 4th Edition. Springer, pp. 25-43, Volume 5 (Human Microbiology). ISBN 9780387334882

Walton, G. E. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5426-5635 and Gibson, G. R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0566-0476 (2010) Gut microbiota, probiotics, prebiotics and colorectal cancer. In: Milner, J. A. and Romagnolo, D. F. (eds.) Bioactive compounds and cancer. Humana Press/Springer, pp. 181-193. doi: 10.1007/978-1-60761-627-6