A Prebiotic Formula Improves the Gastrointestinal Bacterial Flora in Toddlers

We aimed to investigate the effect of enriched 3-prebiotic formula (including inulin, fructooligosaccharides, and galactooligosaccharides) on toddler gut health by measuring fecal microbiota. Our results revealed that the consumption of 3-prebiotic formula three times per day giving total intake of...

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Autores principales: Chen, Ya-Ling, Liao, Fang-Hsuean, Lin, Shyh-Hsiang, Chien, Yi-Wen
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Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4923535/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27403155
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/3504282
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author Chen, Ya-Ling
Liao, Fang-Hsuean
Lin, Shyh-Hsiang
Chien, Yi-Wen
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description We aimed to investigate the effect of enriched 3-prebiotic formula (including inulin, fructooligosaccharides, and galactooligosaccharides) on toddler gut health by measuring fecal microbiota. Our results revealed that the consumption of 3-prebiotic formula three times per day giving total intake of 1.8 g prebiotic ingredients significantly showed the increased number of probiotic Bifidobacterium spp. colonies and the reduced populations of both C. perfringens and total anaerobic bacteria on the fecal bacterial flora in toddlers at 18~36 months. In addition, total organic acids in the fecal samples significantly increased which improves the utilization of bifidus under acidic conditions after consumption of the 3-prebiotic formula. Therefore, using the formula enriched with prebiotic may maintain gut health in toddlers.
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spelling pubmed-49235352016-07-11 A Prebiotic Formula Improves the Gastrointestinal Bacterial Flora in Toddlers Chen, Ya-Ling Liao, Fang-Hsuean Lin, Shyh-Hsiang Chien, Yi-Wen Gastroenterol Res Pract Research Article We aimed to investigate the effect of enriched 3-prebiotic formula (including inulin, fructooligosaccharides, and galactooligosaccharides) on toddler gut health by measuring fecal microbiota. Our results revealed that the consumption of 3-prebiotic formula three times per day giving total intake of 1.8 g prebiotic ingredients significantly showed the increased number of probiotic Bifidobacterium spp. colonies and the reduced populations of both C. perfringens and total anaerobic bacteria on the fecal bacterial flora in toddlers at 18~36 months. In addition, total organic acids in the fecal samples significantly increased which improves the utilization of bifidus under acidic conditions after consumption of the 3-prebiotic formula. Therefore, using the formula enriched with prebiotic may maintain gut health in toddlers. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2016 2016-06-14 /pmc/articles/PMC4923535/ /pubmed/27403155 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/3504282 Text en Copyright © 2016 Ya-Ling Chen et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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A Prebiotic Formula Improves the Gastrointestinal Bacterial Flora in Toddlers
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title_full A Prebiotic Formula Improves the Gastrointestinal Bacterial Flora in Toddlers
title_fullStr A Prebiotic Formula Improves the Gastrointestinal Bacterial Flora in Toddlers
title_full_unstemmed A Prebiotic Formula Improves the Gastrointestinal Bacterial Flora in Toddlers
title_short A Prebiotic Formula Improves the Gastrointestinal Bacterial Flora in Toddlers
title_sort prebiotic formula improves the gastrointestinal bacterial flora in toddlers
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4923535/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27403155
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/3504282
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