Impact of polydextrose on the faecal microbiota: A double-blind, crossover, placebo-controlled feeding study in healthy human subjects

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 471-481

  Costabile, Adele ^a   Fava, Francesca ^a,d   Röytiö, Henna ^b   Forssten, Sofia D ^b   Olli, Kaisa ^b   Klievink, Judith ^c   Rowland, Ian R ^a   Ouwehand, Arthur C ^b   Rastall, Robert A ^a   Gibson, Glenn R ^a   Walton, Gemma E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b Danisco Finland Oy   (Finland)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biomarkers of colonic health; Genotoxicity; Human faecal microbiota; Polydextrose

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; GLUCOSE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; PLACEBO; POLYDEXTROSE; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; SHORT CHAIN FATTY ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; ADULT; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CLOSTRIDIUM HISTOLYTICUM; COLON CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; COX2 GENE; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DEFECATION HABIT; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ENTEROCOCCUS; FATTY ACID ANALYSIS; FECES LEVEL; FECES MICROFLORA; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE; GENOTOXICITY; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LACTOBACILLUS; MALE; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL TOLERANCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK REDUCTION; RUMINOCOCCUS; RUMINOCOCCUS INTESTINALIS; THERAPY EFFECT;

ADULT; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COLON; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EATING; ENTEROCOCCUS; FECES; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; GLUCANS; HUMANS; LACTOBACILLUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREBIOTICS; RISK FACTORS; RUMINOCOCCUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865243618     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114511005782     Document Type: Article

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