Dietary prebiotic oligosaccharides are detectable in the faeces of formula-fed infants

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics, Supplement

Volumn 94, Issue 449, 2005, Pages 27-30

  Moro, Guido E ^a   Stahl, Bernd ^b   Fanaro, Silvia ^d   Jelinek, Jürgen ^b   Boehm, Günther ^a,b   Coppa, Giovanni V ^c  

^a Melloni Hospital   (Italy)

^b Numico Research Germany   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Digestibility; Galacto oligosaccharides; Infants; Long chain fructo oligosaccharides

Indexed keywords

FRUCTOSE OLIGOSACCHARIDE; GALACTOSE OLIGOSACCHARIDE; MALTODEXTRIN; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; PREBIOTIC AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; GALACTOSE; PLACEBO;

ARTIFICIAL MILK; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; DIGESTION; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT FEEDING; INFANT NUTRITION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BACTERIAL COUNT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; FECES MICROFLORA; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MULTICENTER STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ANTHROPOMETRY; FECES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FORMULA; INFANT NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; OLIGOSACCHARIDES;

EID: 27244451654     PISSN: 08035326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08035320510043510     Document Type: Conference Paper

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