Dietary fiber and prebiotics and the gastrointestinal microbiota

Gut Microbes

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 172-184

  Holscher, Hannah D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

fermentation; human microbiome; non digestible carbohydrate; short chain fatty acids

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCAN; CHOLESTEROL; FRUCTOSE OLIGOSACCHARIDE; INULIN; ISPAGULA; PECTIN; PREBIOTIC AGENT;

BACTERIAL GROWTH; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DIETARY FIBER; EUBACTERIUM; FERMENTATION; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HUMAN; INTESTINE FLORA; LACTOBACILLUS; METABOLISM; METAGENOMICS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; REVIEW; RUMINOCOCCUS; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; BACTERIUM; CLASSIFICATION; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; DIETARY FIBER; GASTROINTESTINAL MICROBIOME; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; PREBIOTICS;

EID: 85017235444     PISSN: 19490976     EISSN: 19490984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19490976.2017.1290756     Document Type: Review

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