Effects of oligosaccharide on the faecal flora and non-specific immune system in elderly people

Nutrition Research

Volumn 22, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 13-25

  Guigoz, Y ^a   Rochat, F ^a   Perruisseau Carrier, G ^a   Rochat, I ^a   Schiffrin, E J ^a  

^a NESTLÉ RESEARCH CENTER   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Ageing; Fructooligosaccharides; Immunity; Nutrition; Prebiotics

Indexed keywords

ACTILIGHT 950P; FRUCTOSE OLIGOSACCHARIDE; INTERLEUKIN 6; MESSENGER RNA; OLIGOSACCHARIDE;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM COLONY; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFECT; FECES MICROFLORA; FEMALE; GRANULOCYTE; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNITY; INFLAMMATION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MONOCYTE; NURSING HOME; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0036170747     PISSN: 02715317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0271-5317(01)00354-2     Document Type: Article

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