Effect of prebiotics on the human gut microbiota of elderly persons

Gut Microbes

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 57-60

  Toward, Ruth E ^a   Montandon, Samantha L ^a   Walton, Gemma E ^a   Gibson, Glenn R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age; Bifidobacteria; Colonic fermentation; Gut flora; Prebiotics

Indexed keywords

FRUCTOSE OLIGOSACCHARIDE; GALACTOSE OLIGOSACCHARIDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; INULIN; PREBIOTIC AGENT; PROBIOTIC AGENT; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BEVERAGE; BIFIDOBACTERIACEAE; BIFIDOBACTERIUM ANIMALIS; BIFIDOBACTERIUM BIFIDUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM LONGUM; DIET; DRUG MEGADOSE; FRUIT JUICE; HUMAN; IMMUNE FUNCTION TEST; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; INTESTINE FLORA; LACTOBACILLUS; LOW DRUG DOSE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MILK; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; SENESCENCE;

EID: 84858596184     PISSN: 19490976     EISSN: 19490984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/gmic.19411     Document Type: Article

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