Starch-entrapped microsphere fibers improve bowel habit but do not exhibit prebiotic capacity in those with unsatisfactory bowel habits: a phase I, randomized, double-blind, controlled human trial

Nutrition Research

Volumn 44, Issue , 2017, Pages 27-37

  Rasmussen, Heather E ^a   Hamaker, Bruce ^b   Rajan, Kumar B ^c   Mutlu, Ece ^a   Green, Stefan J ^d   Brown, Michael ^a   Kaur, Amandeep ^b   Keshavarzian, Ali ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical trial; Constipation; Dietary fiber; Microbiota; Prebiotics

Indexed keywords

ISPAGULA; MICROSPHERE; SHORT CHAIN FATTY ACID; STARCH; PREBIOTIC AGENT; VOLATILE FATTY ACID;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOATING; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFECATION HABIT; DIETARY INTAKE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ERUCTATION; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; FIBER INTAKE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEARTBURN; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; INDIGESTION; MALE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROFLORA; NORMAL HUMAN; PASSING GAS; PERISTALSIS; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STOOL CONSISTENCY; STOOL FREQUENCY; SUPPLEMENTATION; ADMINISTRATION AND DOSAGE; CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEFECATION; DIET; DIETARY FIBER; FECES; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; INTESTINE FLORA; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; CONSTIPATION; DEFECATION; DIET; DIETARY FIBER; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FATTY ACIDS, VOLATILE; FECES; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; GASTROINTESTINAL MICROBIOME; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSPHERES; MIDDLE AGED; PREBIOTICS; STARCH;

EID: 85020923568     PISSN: 02715317     EISSN: 18790739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nutres.2017.05.015     Document Type: Article

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