Prebiotics are a group of nutrients that are degraded by gut microbiota. Their relationship
with human overall health has been an area of increasing interest in recent years. They can …

Because of its resident microbiota, the human colon is one of the body's most metabolically
active organs. The use of diet to fortify certain gut flora components is a popular current …

In recent years, research has focused on the use of dietary fibers and prebiotics, since many
of these polysaccharides can be metabolized by intestinal microbiota, leading to the …

Prebiotics are short chain carbohydrates that are non-digestible by digestive enzymes in
humans and selectively enhance the activity of some groups of beneficial bacteria. In the …

Prebiotics are either natural or synthetic non-digestible (non-) carbohydrate substances that
boost the proliferation of gut microbes. Undigested fructooligosaccharides in the large …

The bioactive ingredients in commonly consumed foods include, but are not limited to,
prebiotics, prebiotic‐like components, probiotics, and postbiotics. The bioactive ingredients …

In December 2016, a panel of experts in microbiology, nutrition and clinical research was
convened by the International Scientific Association for Probiotics and Prebiotics to review …

Gut flora have a crucial role in metabolizing various nutritional substrates to maintain human
health. Several studies on prebiotics and symbiotic have reported to be clinically effective in …

The gut microbiota continues to fascinate scientists in many realms when it is considered
that humans contain 90% bacteria. Correlations between changes in composition and …

Highlights•Prebiotics are food ingredients selectively metabolised by gut bacteria said to
improve health.•Galactooligosaccharides and fructooligosaccharides are extensively …