Plant prebiotics and human health: Biotechnology to breed prebiotic-rich nutritious food crops

Electronic Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 238-245

  Dwivedi, Sangam ^a,b   Sahrawat, Kanwar ^b   Puppala, Naveen ^a   Ortiz, Rodomiro ^c  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL CROPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR THE SEMI ARID TROPICS ICRISAT   (India)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Germplasm; Gut microbiota; Human health; Non digestible fibers; Transgene

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; CARBOHYDRATES; FATTY ACIDS; HEALTH; PLANTS (BOTANY); POLYSACCHARIDES;

BIOSYNTHESIS PATHWAYS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GERMPLASMS; GUT MICROBIOTA; HUMAN HEALTH; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SHORT-CHAIN FATTY ACIDS; TRANSGENE;

CROPS;

FRUCTAN; FRUCTOSE OLIGOSACCHARIDE; GALACTOSE OLIGOSACCHARIDE; INULIN; PECTIN; PREBIOTIC AGENT; RAFFINOSE; XYLAN;

ARTICLE; ARTOCARPUS HETEROPHYLLUS; BARLEY; BORASSUS FLABELLIFER; CHICKPEA; CHICORY; DAHLIA; DIOSCOREA ESCULENTA; FOOD CROP; GARLIC; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HEALTH PROMOTION; INTESTINE FLORA; JERUSALEM ARTICHOKE; LEEK; LENTIL; LUPIN; MAIZE; NECTARINE; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; OKRA; ONION; PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY; PLANT BREEDING; PLANT GENETICS; POTATO; SHALLOT; SMALLANTHUS SONCHIFOLIUS; SUGARCANE; VEGETABLE BREEDING; WHEAT;

EID: 84908015245     PISSN: None     EISSN: 07173458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejbt.2014.07.004     Document Type: Review

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