Administration of transgalacto-oligosaccharides increases fecal bifidobacteria and modifies colonic fermentation metabolism in healthy humans

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 444-448

  Bouhnik, Yoram ^a   Flourié, Bernard ^a   D'Agay Abensour, Laurence ^a   Pochart, Philippe ^a   Gramet, Geneviève ^b   Durand, Michéle ^b   Rambaud, Jean Claude ^a  

^a Hopital Saint Lazare   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

bifidobacteria; fermentation; humans; prebiotics; short chain fatty acids; transgalacto oligosaccharides

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; GALACTOSE; LACTIC ACID; OLIGOSACCHARIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; COLON FLORA; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FECES ANALYSIS; FECES MICROFLORA; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROGEN BREATH TEST; INOCULATION; LACTIC ACID BACTERIUM; LACTOBACILLUS BIFIDUS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BIFIDOBACTERIUM BIFIDUM; ENTEROBACTERIA; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; LACTOBACILLUS;

EID: 0030891419     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/127.3.444     Document Type: Article

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