Influence of fermented milk products, prebiotics and probiotics on microbiota composition and health

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 139-155

  Ceapa, Corina ^a,b   Wopereis, Harm ^a,b   Rezaïki, Lahcene ^a,e   Kleerebezem, Michiel ^b,c,d,f   Knol, Jan ^a,b   Oozeer, Raish ^a  

^a DANONE RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c TOP INSTITUTE FOOD AND NUTRITION   (Netherlands)

^d NIZO FOOD RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^e Laboratoire Gallia   (France)

^f Laboratoire Gallia ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Clinical evidence; Fermented milk; Mechanisms of action; Microbiota; Prebiotic; Probiotic

Indexed keywords

FRUCTOSE OLIGOSACCHARIDE; PATTERN RECOGNITION RECEPTOR; PREBIOTIC AGENT; PROBIOTIC AGENT; SYNBIOTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIFIDOBACTERIUM LONGUM INFANTIS; BREAST MILK; CLOSTRIDIUM BUTYRICUM; DAIRY PRODUCT; DIET; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; ECOSYSTEM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FERMENTED PRODUCT; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEALTH; HOST; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INTESTINE FLORA; LACTIC ACID BACTERIUM; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; LACTOBACILLUS CASEI; LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM; LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); METABOLITE; MODULATION; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; SACCHAROMYCES BOULARDII;

EID: 84879105751     PISSN: 15216918     EISSN: 15321916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpg.2013.04.004     Document Type: Review

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