Available evidence on the bioactive, nutritional and putative detrimental properties of gut
microbial metabolites has been evaluated to support a more integrated view of how …

Compelling evidence supports the concepts that gut microbiota actively promotes weight
gain and fat accumulation and sustains, indirectly, a condition of low-grade inflammation …

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

OBJECTIVE: To test the efficacy of Lactobacillus reuteri on infantile colic and to evaluate its
relationship to the gut microbiota. STUDY DESIGN: Fifty exclusively breastfed colicky infants …

Human milk delivers an array of bioactive components that safeguard infant growth and
development and maintain healthy gut microbiota. Milk fat globule membrane (MFGM) is a …

Since introduction of functional foods, commercialization of the traditionally used probiotics
has ushered in more followers into the new fraternity of sophisticated, health‐conscious …

In healthy adults microbial communities that colonise different regions of the human colon
contribute nutrients and energy to the host via the fermentation of non-digestible dietary …

The costs of developing a probiotic or prebiotic ingredient have always been substantial.
Ingredient characterization, evaluation of technological and physiological properties, and …

One common effect of tumor promoters is increased tight junction (TJ) permeability. TJs are
responsible for paracellular permeability and integrity of the barrier function. Occludin is one …

Lactose is the precursor for a number of compounds derived by chemical, physical or
enzymatic conversion that have an established and expanding place in the health and food …