A mounting body of evidence indicates that dietary fiber (DF) metabolites produced by
commensal bacteria play essential roles in balancing the immune system. DF, considered …

The gastrointestinal tract is the site of nutrient digestion and absorption and is also colonized
by diverse, highly mutualistic microbes. The intestinal microbiota has diverse effects on the …

Antibody production is a metabolically demanding process that is regulated by gut
microbiota, but the microbial products supporting B cell responses remain incompletely …

Pectins are a part of daily diet as well as food additives that are indigestible polysaccharides
by human enzymes, however, they can be easily degraded by gut bacteria with the …

Pectin or pectic substances are collective names for a group of closely associated
polysaccharides present in plant cell walls where they contribute to complex physiological …

Most studies involving prebiotic oligosaccharides have been carried out using inulin and its
fructo‐oligosaccharide (FOS) derivatives, together with various forms of galacto …

With the rapid development of modern society, many chronic diseases are increasing
including diabetes, obesity, cardiovascular diseases, etc., which further cause an increased …

Dietary fiber consists of the structural and storage polysaccharides and lignin in plants that
are not digested in the human stomach and small intestine. A wealth of information supports …

Nondigestible polysaccharides (NDP) and nondigestible oligosaccharides (NDO) occur
naturally in many foods. The physicochemical and biological properties of these …

The gastrointestinal tract is subjected to enormous and continual foreign antigenic stimuli
from food and microbes. This organ must integrate complex interactions among diet …