Habitual dietary fibre intake influences gut microbiota response to an inulin-type fructan prebiotic: A randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, cross-over, human intervention study

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 176-189

  Healey, Genelle ^a,b   Murphy, Rinki ^c   Butts, Christine ^b   Brough, Louise ^a   Whelan, Kevin ^d   Coad, Jane ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

16S rRNA gene sequencing; Gut microbiota; Habitual dietary fibres; Inulin type fructan prebiotics; Responsiveness

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; BUTYRIC ACID; FRUCTAN; INULIN; ORAFTI; PLACEBO; PREBIOTIC AGENT; PROPIONIC ACID; RNA 16S; VOLATILE FATTY ACID;

ABDOMINAL CRAMP; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; APPETITE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; BLOATING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPROCOCCUS; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIET THERAPY; DIETARY FIBER; DIETARY INTAKE; DOREA; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG RESPONSE; FAECALIBACTERIUM; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; HIGH FIBER DIET; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVENTION STUDY; INTESTINE FLORA; LOW FIBER DIET; MALE; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RUMINOCOCCUS; SATIETY RESPONSE; THERAPY EFFECT; ADMINISTRATION AND DOSAGE; AGED; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFECT; FECES; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; BACTERIA; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DIETARY FIBER; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FATTY ACIDS, VOLATILE; FECES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL MICROBIOME; HUMANS; INULIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PLACEBOS; PREBIOTICS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

EID: 85041297498     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114517003440     Document Type: Article

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