Inulin: properties and health benefits
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Inulin shows great health benefits in regulating gut flora, regulating glycolipid metabolism, weight loss, anti-inflammatory, reducing the risk of colon cancer, enhancing mineral absorption, improving constipation, and relieving depression.
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Fermentation of dietary components and their gut microbiome and metabolome effects are often investigated in isolation, whereas product formulations often contain blends of several functional ingredients.
“Fermentation of dietary components and their gut microbiome and metabolome effects are often investigated in isolation, whereas product formulations often contain blends of several functional ingredients.”
From Botanicals impact the bifidogenic effect and metabolic outputs of <i>in vitro</i> fiber fermentation by gut-derived microbiota in individual-specific ways (2025) · cites this paper as Qin et al., 2023
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- Authors
- Qin, Y.-Q., Wang, L.-Y., Yang, X.-Y., Xu, Y.-J., Fan, G., Fan, Y.-G., Ren, J.-N., An, Q., & Li, X.
- Affiliations
- Huazhong Agricultural University (CN)
- College of Food Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Key Laboratory of Environment Correlative Dietology of Ministry of Education, Wuhan, 430070, China
- Institute of Chemistry Co. Ltd, Henan Academy of Sciences, Zhengzhou 450002, China
- Corresponding author
- Fan, Gang
- Venue
- Food & Function
- Publisher
- Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
- Published
- 2023
- Volume
- 14
- Issue
- 7
- Pages
- 2948-2968
- ISSN
- 2042-6496 (ISSN-L)
- 2042-650X
- OpenAlex
- W4321235082
- Cited by
- 240
- References
- 6
- Citations by year
- 2026: 80 · 2025: 86 · 2024: 62 · 2023: 12
- FWCI
- 8.05
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Food & Function (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Science and Technology Department of Henan Province (HNGD2021036)
- Central Universities in China (Program 2662020SPPY002)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Nursing › Nutrition and Dietetics › Microbial Metabolites in Food Biotechnology
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Natural Antidiabetic Agents Studies
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Gastroenterology › Gastrointestinal motility and disorders
- Keywords
- inulin, prebiotics, gut microbiota, lipid metabolism, weight loss, blood glucose regulation, inflammation, colon cancer prevention, mineral absorption, constipation, depression, health benefits
- MeSH terms
- Helianthus, Inulin, Plants, Plant Tubers
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