Yacon (Smallanthus sonchifolius) as a food supplement: Health-promoting benefits of fructooligosaccharides

Nutrients

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2016, Pages

  Caetano, Brunno F R ^a   de Moura, Nelci A ^a   Almeida, Ana P S ^a   Dias, Marcos C ^b   Sivieri, Kátia ^a   Barbisan, Luís F ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MATO GROSSO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chronic diseases; Fructooligosacharides; Functional food; Prebiotics; Yacon

Indexed keywords

FRUCTOSE OLIGOSACCHARIDE; SHORT CHAIN FATTY ACID; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; PLANT EXTRACT; PREBIOTIC AGENT; YACON SYRUP;

BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; BODY WEIGHT; COLON CANCER; COLORECTAL CANCER; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; GLUCOSE HOMEOSTASIS; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INSULIN RELEASE; LIPID METABOLISM; OBESITY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMALLANTHUS SONCHIFOLIUS; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; ASTERACEAE; CHEMISTRY; CHRONIC DISEASE; DYSBIOSIS; FERMENTATION; FOOD HANDLING; FUNCTIONAL FOOD; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INTESTINE FLORA; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PLANT TUBER; RISK FACTOR;

ANIMALS; ASTERACEAE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DYSBIOSIS; FERMENTATION; FOOD HANDLING; FUNCTIONAL FOOD; GASTROINTESTINAL MICROBIOME; HUMANS; OLIGOSACCHARIDES; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT TUBERS; PREBIOTICS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84979266040     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/nu8070436     Document Type: Review

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