Short-chain fructo-oligosaccharide administration dose-dependently increases fecal bifidobacteria in healthy humans

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 113-116

  Bouhnik, Yoram ^a   Vahedi, Kouroche ^a   Achour, Lotfi ^a   Attar, Alain ^a   Salfati, Jérôme ^a,b   Pochart, Philippe ^a   Marteau, Philippe ^a   Flourié, Bernard ^a   Bornet, Francis ^b   Rambaud, Jean Claude ^a  

^a Hopital Saint Lazare   (France)

^b Eridania Beghin Say   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bifidobacteria; Colonic flora; Fermentation; Humans; Prebiotics; Short chain fructooligosaccharides

Indexed keywords

FRUCTOSE; FRUCTOSE OLIGOSACCHARIDE; GLUCOSE;

ADULT; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LACTOBACILLUS BIFIDUS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL TOLERANCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BIFIDOBACTERIUM BIFIDUM; LACTOBACILLUS;

EID: 0032901238     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/129.1.113     Document Type: Article

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