Yoghurt containing galactooligosaccharides facilitates defecation among elderly subjects and selectively increases the number of Bifidobacteria

International Journal of Probiotics and Prebiotics

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 65-74

  Surakka, Anu ^a   Kajander, Kajsa ^a,b   Rajilić Stojanović, Mirjana ^c   Karjalainen, Heli ^a   Hatakka, Katja ^a   Vapaatalo, Heikki ^b   Zoetendal, Erwin G ^c   De Vos, Willem M ^c   Korpela, Riitta ^a,b   Tynkkynen, Soile ^a  

^a VALIO LTD   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Constipation; Faecal microbiota; Galactooligosaccharides (GOS); HITChip

Indexed keywords

GALACTOSE OLIGOSACCHARIDE; PLACEBO; YOGHURT;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM SPHENOIDES; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DEFECATION; DOREA; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ELDERLY CARE; ENTEROCOCCUS; FECES MICROFLORA; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HUMAN; INTESTINE FLORA; INTESTINE FUNCTION; LACTOBACILLUS; MALE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 62549120072     PISSN: 15551431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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