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Gastrointestinal effects of prebiotics [PDF]

open access: yesBritish Journal of Nutrition, 2002
The defining effect of prebiotics is to stimulate selectively the growth of bifidobacteria and lactobacilli in the gut and, thereby, increase the body's natural resistance to invading pathogens. Prebiotic carbohydrates may also have additional, less specific, benefits because they are fermented in the large intestine.
George T. Macfarlane, John H. Cummings
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The Origin of Life [PDF]

open access: yes, 1974
The origin of life is in a sense a genetic problem, for, as H. J. Muller pointed out many years ago, the essential attribute that identifies living matter is its capacity to replicate itself and its variants (1). Because this uniquely biological property
Horowitz, N. H., Hubbard, Jerry S.
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INULIN: ITS USE AS A PREBIOTIC IN RUMINANT NUTRITION

open access: yesTropical and Subtropical Agroecosystems, 2022
Background. Prebiotics stimulate the growth and activity of the beneficial microbiota of the digestive tract, improve the health of the host and act as growth promoters.
David Hernández-Sánchez   +5 more
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The origins and physical roots of life’s dual – metabolic and genetic – nature [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
This review paper aims at a better understanding of the origin and physical foundation of life’s dual – metabolic and genetic – nature. First, I give a concise ‘top-down’ survey of the origin of life, i.e., backwards in time from extant DNA/RNA/protein ...
De Tiège, Alexis
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STUDY OF THE PREBIOTIC CONCENTRATE DOSE INFLUENCE ON THE EFFICIENCY OF SKIM MILK FERMENTATION BY LACTIC ACID MICROORGANISMS

open access: yesВестник Северо-Кавказского федерального университета, 2022
MICROORGANISMS Modern trends of functional foods technology development are observed. The relevance of fermented dairy products enriched with prebiotic concentrate production is grounded.
Aleksey Lodygin   +2 more
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Evaluation of yeast culture and direct-fed microbial on gut histology and serum components of broilers challenged with suboptimal diets under heat stress

open access: yesActa Scientiarum: Animal Sciences, 2019
The use of antibiotics in feed for growth promotion has been restricted in many countries, thus it is of interest to investigate potential alternatives for enhancing growth performance in birds.
Saeed Seifi   +4 more
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The Prebiotic Kitchen: A Guide to Composing Prebiotic Soup Recipes to Test Origins of Life Hypotheses

open access: yesLife, 2021
“Prebiotic soup” often features in discussions of origins of life research, both as a theoretical concept when discussing abiological pathways to modern biochemical building blocks and, more recently, as a feedstock in prebiotic chemistry experiments ...
Lena Vincent   +4 more
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Modern views of ancient metabolic networks [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Metabolism is a molecular, cellular, ecological and planetary phenomenon, whose fundamental principles are likely at the heart of what makes living matter different from inanimate one. Systems biology approaches developed for the quantitative analysis of
Goldford, Joshua E., Segrè, Daniel
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Prebiotic, Probiotic, and Synbiotic Supplementation in Chronic Kidney Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Gut dysbiosis has been implicated in the pathogenesis of chronic kidney disease (CKD). Restoring gut microbiota with prebiotic, probiotic, and synbiotic supplementation has emerged as a potential therapeutic intervention but has not been systematically ...
Campbell, Katrina L.   +3 more
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The Role of Lactobacillus plantarum in Producing Prebiotics and Evaluation Parameters of Prebiotic Properties for Health: A Review [PDF]

open access: yesBIO Web of Conferences
Lactobacillus plantarum, a facultative anaerobic and microaerophilic lactic acid bacterium (LAB), is gaining popularity in research due to its multifunctional properties. This review aims to summarise information about the use of L.
Anshory Lutfi   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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