Dietary supplementation with Bifidobacterium longum subsp. infantis (B. infantis) in healthy breastfed infants: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. [PDF]
, 2016 BackgroundThe development of probiotics as therapies to cure or prevent disease lags far behind that of other investigational medications. Rigorously designed phase I clinical trials are nearly non-existent in the field of probiotic research, which is a ...
Armstrong, April W +10 more
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Gut MicrobiomeBreastfeeding represents a strong selective factor for shaping the infant gut microbiota. Besides providing nutritional requirements for the infant, human milk is a key source of oligosaccharides, human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs), and diverse microbes ...
Martha F. Endika +9 more
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Biopurification of Oligosaccharides by Immobilized Kluyveromyces Lactis
Applied Sciences, 2019 Oligosaccharides with diverse and complex structures such as milk oligosaccharides have physiological functions including modulating intestinal microbiota or stimulating immune cell responses.
In-Seok Yeo +4 more
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Integrating the Ecosystem Services Framework to Define Dysbiosis of the Breastfed Infant Gut: The Role of B. infantis and Human Milk Oligosaccharides [PDF]
, 2020 Mounting evidence supports a connection between the composition of the infant gut microbiome and long-term health. In fact, aberrant microbiome compositions during key developmental windows in early life are associated with increased disease risk ...
Casaburi, Giorgio +3 more
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BiologyThe objective of this review was to identify the characteristics and functional roles of milk coproducts from human, bovine, and porcine sources and their impacts on the intestinal microbiota and intestinal immunity of suckling and nursery pigs.
Alexa Gormley +2 more
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Титульні сторінки та зміст [PDF]
, 2011 Colostrum oligosaccharides are known to exhibit prebiotic and immunomodulatory properties. Oligosaccharide composition is species-specific, and equine colostrum has been reported to contain unique oligosaccharides.
Difilippo, E. +5 more
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In vitro screening of probiotic lactic acid bacteria and prebiotic glucooligosaccharides to select effective synbiotics [PDF]
, 2010 Probiotics and prebiotics have been demonstrated to positively modulate the intestinal microflora and could promote host health. Although some studies have been performed on combinations of probiotics and prebiotics, constituting synbiotics, results on ...
Courtin, Céline +6 more
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Developments in plant breeding for improved nutritional quality of soya beans II. Anti-nutritional factors [PDF]
, 2000 Nutritional value of most plant materials is limited by the presence of numerous naturally occurring compounds which interfere with nutrient digestion and absorption.
Clarke, E, Wiseman, J
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Maternal fucosyltransferase 2 status affects the gut bifidobacterial communities of breastfed infants. [PDF]
, 2015 BackgroundIndividuals with inactive alleles of the fucosyltransferase 2 gene (FUT2; termed the 'secretor' gene) are common in many populations. Some members of the genus Bifidobacterium, common infant gut commensals, are known to consume 2'-fucosylated ...
German, J Bruce +11 more
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Impact of Carbohydrates on the Aggregation of Probiotic Bacteria [PDF]
, 2014 Probiotic bacteria can be beneficial to the gastrointestinal tract in the human body in numerous ways. Autoaggregation may play a key role in allowing probiotics to prevent pathogenic organisms from colonizing the intestinal system. Currently, scientific
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