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IntroductionInflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a globally emergent chronic inflammatory disease which commonly requires lifelong care. To date, there remains a pressing need for the discovery of novel anti-inflammatory therapeutic agents against this ...
Magnolia Muk-Lan Lee +15 more
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Mixed Spices at Culinary Doses Have Prebiotic Effects in Healthy Adults: A Pilot Study. [PDF]
Spices were used as food preservatives prior to the advent of refrigeration, suggesting the possibility of effects on microbiota. Previous studies have shown prebiotic activities in animals and in vitro, but there has not been a demonstration of ...
Carpenter, Catherine L +11 more
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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.
Ya-Ling Chen +3 more
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DNA Renaturation at the Water-Phenol Interface [PDF]
We study DNA adsorption and renaturation in a water-phenol two-phase system, with or without shaking. In very dilute solutions, single-stranded DNA is adsorbed at the interface in a salt-dependent manner.
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Co-fermentation of onion and whey: a promising synbiotic combination [PDF]
Juice from three different onion varieties was mixed with sweet whey and used as growth 18 substrate for four lactic acid bacteria strains, isolated from agri-food by-products, to 19 evaluate the possibility to exploit such substrates, known to be reach ...
Corich, Viviana +6 more
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Prebiotic Potential of Cereal Components
One type of functional food that has been receiving much attention is food rich in prebiotics. The old but still valid definition of prebiotics defines them as non-digestible food components that selectively stimulate the growth and/or activity of the ...
Reihaneh Abdi, I. Joye
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The origins and physical roots of life’s dual – metabolic and genetic – nature [PDF]
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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Effect of prebiotic oligosaccharide extract rumbia fruit (Metroxylon sago Rottb.) in the ration on broiler performance ABSTRACT. Prebiotic oligosaccharides are thought to provide beneficial effects in the gastrointestinal tract of humans and animals by ...
Muhammad Daud +3 more
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Nitrogen Oxide Concentrations in Natural Waters on Early Earth
A key challenge in origins-of-life studies is estimating the abundances of species relevant to the chemical pathways proposed to have contributed to the emergence of life on early Earth.
Babbin, Andrew R. +4 more
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Intestinal histomorphology, autochthonous microbiota and growth performance of the oscar (Astronotus ocellatus Agassiz, 1831) following dietary administration of xylooligosaccharide [PDF]
The present study investigates the changes in intestinal histomorphology, autochthonous microbiota and growth performance of the oscar, Astronotus ocellatus, following dietary administration of different levels of xylooligosaccharide (XOS).
Hoseinifar, S.H. +2 more
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