Four-week short chain fructo-oligosaccharides ingestion leads to increasing fecal bifidobacteria and cholesterol excretion in healthy elderly volunteers

BACKGROUND: Short-chain fructo-oligosaccharides (scFOS) are increasingly used in human diet for their prebiotic properties. We aimed at investigating the effects of scFOS ingestion on the colonic microflora and oro-fecal transit time in elderly healthy humans. METHODS: Stools composition, oro-fecal...

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Autores principales: Bouhnik, Yoram, Achour, Lotfi, Paineau, Damien, Riottot, Michel, Attar, Alain, Bornet, Francis
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2007
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2228298/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18053236
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2891-6-42

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2228298/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18053236
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2891-6-42

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