Functional food properties of non-digestible oligosaccharides: A consensus report from the ENDO project (DGXII AIRII-CT94-1095)

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 121-132

  Van Loo, Jan ^a   Cummings, John ^b   Delzenne, Nathalie ^c   Englyst, Hans ^b   Franck, Anne ^a   Hopkins, Mark ^b   Kok, Nadine ^c   Macfarlane, George ^b   Newton, Dorothy ^b   Quigley, Michael ^b   Roberfroid, Marcel ^c   Van Vliet, Trinette ^d   Van Den Heuvel, Ellen ^d  

^a ORAFTI   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^d TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Functional foods; Non digestible oligosaccharides; Prebiotics

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; FRUCTAN; INULIN; MINERAL; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; PROBIOTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CALCIUM ABSORPTION; CARCINOGENESIS; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLON CANCER; DIGESTION; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INTESTINE FUNCTION; LACTIC ACID BACTERIUM; LACTOBACILLUS BIFIDUS; LARGE INTESTINE; LIPID METABOLISM; META ANALYSIS; MINERAL BALANCE; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BIFIDOBACTERIUM BIFIDUM; LACTOBACILLUS;

EID: 0032911091     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0007114599000252     Document Type: Article

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