Fructooligosaccharides and fiber partially prevent the alterations in fecal microbiota and short-chain fatty acid concentrations caused by standard enteral formula in healthy humans

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 135, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1896-1902

  Whelan, Kevin ^a   Judd, Patricia A ^b   Preedy, Victor R ^a   Simmering, Rainer ^c   Jann, Alfred ^c   Taylor, Moira A ^d  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^c NESTLÉ RESEARCH CENTER   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Enteral nutrition; Fiber; Microbiota; Prebiotics; SCFA

Indexed keywords

FRUCTOSE OLIGOSACCHARIDE; SHORT CHAIN FATTY ACID;

ADULT; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLOSTRIDIA; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DIETARY FIBER; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ENTERIC FEEDING; FATTY ACID ANALYSIS; FECES ANALYSIS; FECES MICROFLORA; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD PROCESSING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTESTINE FLORA; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SUGAR INTAKE; TUBE FEEDING;

CLOSTRIDIA;

EID: 23244459174     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/135.8.1896     Document Type: Conference Paper

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