Butyrate is a key energy source for colonocytes and is produced by the gut microbiota
through fermentation of dietary fiber. Butyrate is a histone deacetylase inhibitor and also …

Background Food is a complex system, which usually contains many different compounds.
Thus, interaction between starch and other compounds is unavoidable and often …

Background Application of modern rapid DNA sequencing technology has transformed our
understanding of the gut microbiota. Diet, in particular plant‐based fibre, appears critical in …

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 …

Members of the diverse bacterial phylum Bacteroidetes have colonized virtually all types of
habitats on Earth. They are among the major members of the microbiota of animals …

Butyrate is a natural substance present in biological liquids and tissues. The present paper
aims to give an update on the biological role of butyrate in mammals, when it is naturally …

In November 2008, a group of scientists met at the 6th Meeting of the International Scientific
Association of Probiotics and Prebiotics (ISAPP) in London, Ontario, Canada, to discuss the …

Background To systematically develop dietary strategies based on resistant starch (RS) that
modulate the human gut microbiome, detailed in vivo studies that evaluate the effects of …

Prebiotics are non-digestible (by the host) food ingredients that have a beneficial effect
through their selective metabolism in the intestinal tract. Key to this is the specificity of …

Resistant starch (RS) refers to the portion of starch and starch products that resist digestion
as they pass through the gastrointestinal tract. RS is an extremely broad and diverse range …