Prebiotics stimulate growth and/or activity of some presumably beneficial colonic bacteria
and thereby have the potential to improve health, possibly through the actions of …

Lactate-utilizing butyrate-producers were isolated from human feces and identified based on
the sequences of 16S rRNA gene. Anaerostipes caccae strain L2, one of the seven human …

The effect of different doses of a type-2 resistant starch (RS) in the form of high amylose
cornstarch (HAS) on the intralumenal environment and the acute-apoptotic response to a …

Specialty corn has emerged as a preferred choice as food, feed, and various industrial
products due to its diverse usage. Among the various types, sweet corn, popcorn, waxy corn …

To determine the effects of different diets on the genotoxicity of human faecal water, a diet
rich in fat, meat and sugar but poor in vegetables and free of wholemeal products (diet 1) …

The human embryo is virtually sterile, but at birth microbial colonisation of the
gastrointestinal tract occurs, with the neonate receiving an inoculum from the birth canal …

Water extractable polysaccharides (WEPs) were isolated from Bengal gram husk and wheat
bran. These WEP were subjected to driselase enzyme hydrolysis to obtain oligosaccharide …

Prebiotics are nondigestible food ingredients that have beneficial effects on human health.
Recently, these ingredients have garnered increasing attention, particularly for their role in …

In this study, mannanoligosaccharides (MOS) were isolated from palm kernel cake by
aqueous extraction using high temperature and pressure. Structural characterization of MOS …

The awareness is increasing that in the colon many metabolic processes take place in
relation to the fermentation of our food, which might be relevant for health and disease …