Prebiotics from marine macroalgae for human and animal health applications

Marine Drugs

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2038-2064

  O'Sullivan, Laurie ^a   Murphy, Brian ^a   McLoughlin, Peter ^a   Duggan, Patrick ^a   Lawlor, Peadar G ^b   Hughes, Helen ^a   Gardiner, Gillian E ^a  

^a Ireland   (Ireland)

^b TEAGASC   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Human and animal health; Marine macroalgae; Polysaccharides; Prebiotics

Indexed keywords

AGAR; AGAROPECTIN; ALGAL EXTRACT; ALGINIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ASCOPHYLLUM NODOSUM EXTRACT; CARBOHYDRATE DERIVATIVE; CARRAGEENAN; FRUCTOSE OLIGOSACCHARIDE; FUCAN DERIVATIVE; FUCOIDAN DERIVATIVE; FUCOIDIN; FUNORAN DERIVATIVE; GALACTOSE OLIGOSACCHARIDE; GLUCURONIC ACID; HYPNEAN DERIVATIVE; INSULIN; LACTOSE; LACTULOSE; LAMINARAN; LAMINARIA DIGITATA EXTRACT; LAMINARIA EXTRACT; LAMINARIA HYPERBOREA EXTRACT; MANNURONIC ACID; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; POLYSACCHARIDE; PORPHYRAN; PREBIOTIC AGENT; PROBIOTIC AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ANIMAL HEALTH; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ASCOPHYLLUM; ASCOPHYLLUM NODOSUM; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BROWN ALGA; DIARRHEA; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; FECES MICROFLORA; FERMENTATION; FOOD COMPOSITION; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HUMAN; INTESTINE FLORA; LAMINARIA; LAMINARIA DIGITATA; LAMINARIA HYPERBOREA; MACROALGA; MARINE SPECIES; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PHARMACEUTICAL CARE; RED ALGA; REVIEW; WEIGHT GAIN; WELLBEING;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 77955288665     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16603397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/md8072038     Document Type: Review

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