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Dietary Fibers, Prebiotics, and Exopolysaccharides Produced by Lactic Acid Bacteria: Potential Health Benefits with Special Regard to Cholesterol-Lowering Effects

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A Synbiotic Combination of Resistant Starch and Bifidobacterium lactis Facilitates Apoptotic Deletion of Carcinogen-Damaged Cells in Rat Colon

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In Vitro Study of Prebiotic Properties of Levan-Type Exopolysaccharides from Lactobacilli and Non-Digestible Carbohydrates Using Denaturing Gradient Gel Electrophoresis

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Synbiotic approach restores intestinal homeostasis and prolongs survival in leukaemic mice with cachexia

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The Gut Microbiome in Depression and Potential Benefit of Prebiotics, Probiotics and Synbiotics: A Systematic Review of Clinical Trials and Observational Studies

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The Gut-Brain Axis in Parkinson’s Disease: Possibilities for Food-Based Therapies

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World Gastroenterology Organisation Global Guidelines: Probiotics and Prebiotics

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Alpha-Galactosides: Antinutritional Factors or Functional Ingredients?

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Immunological properties of inulin-type fructans

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Lactic Acid Bacteria Exopolysaccharides Producers: A Sustainable Tool for Functional Foods

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Prebiotics and other microbial substrates for gut functionality

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The impact of date palm fruits and their component polyphenols, on gut microbial ecology, bacterial metabolites and colon cancer cell proliferation

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Exopolysaccharides Produced by Lactic Acid Bacteria and Bifidobacteria as Fermentable Substrates by the Intestinal Microbiota

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Enterosalivary nitrate metabolism and the microbiome: Intersection of microbial metabolism, nitric oxide and diet in cardiac and pulmonary vascular health

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Metabolism of Maillard reaction products by the human gut microbiota – implications for health

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American Gastroenterological Association-American College of Gastroenterology Clinical Practice Guideline: Pharmacological Management of Chronic Idiopathic Constipation

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Gut Dysbiosis and Muscle Aging: Searching for Novel Targets against Sarcopenia

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Fermented foods, the gut and mental health: a mechanistic overview with implications for depression and anxiety

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Probiotic with or without Fiber Controls Body Fat Mass, Associated with Serum Zonulin, in Overweight and Obese Adults—Randomized Controlled Trial

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Supplementation of Spirulina platensis and Chlorella vulgaris Algae into Probiotic Fermented Milks

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Oligosaccharides from land plants and algae: Production and applications in therapeutics and biotechnology

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Fructans: Prebiotics and immunomodulators

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A double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized human study assessing the capacity of a novel galacto-oligosaccharide mixture in reducing travellers’ diarrhoea

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Exopolysaccharides produced by Bifidobacterium longum IPLA E44 and Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis IPLA R1 modify the composition and metabolic activity of human faecal microbiota in pH-controlled batch cultures

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Synbiotics prevent asthma-like symptoms in infants with atopic dermatitis

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Physiological and bifidogenic effects of prebiotic supplements in infant formulae

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The effects of probiotics and prebiotics on mental disorders: a review on depression, anxiety, alzheimer, and autism spectrum disorders

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Prebiotic effects of neoagaro-oligosaccharides prepared by enzymatic hydrolysis of agarose

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The role of early life nutrition in the establishment of gastrointestinal microbial composition and function

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The Role of the Gut Microbiota in the Pathogenesis of Parkinson's Disease

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Dysfunction of the Microbiota-Gut-Brain Axis in Neurodegenerative Disease: The Promise of Therapeutic Modulation With Prebiotics, Medicinal Herbs, Probiotics, and Synbiotics

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Impact of dietary fats on brain functions

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Pregnancy outcomes in women taking probiotics or prebiotics: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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In Vitro Prebiotic Evaluation of Exopolysaccharides Produced by Marine Isolated Lactic Acid Bacteria

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Probiotics as an adjunct therapy for the treatment of halitosis, dental caries and periodontitis

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The effects of regular consumption of short-chain fructo-oligosaccharides on digestive comfort of subjects with minor functional bowel disorders

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The human gut microbiome: Implications for future health care

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Soy and Gut Microbiota: Interaction and Implication for Human Health

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Prebiotic Effects of Xylooligosaccharides on the Improvement of Microbiota Balance in Human Subjects

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How does spaceflight affect the acquired immune system?

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Yacon Flour and Bifidobacterium longum Modulate Bone Health in Rats

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Role of partially hydrolyzed guar gum in the treatment of irritable bowel syndrome

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Potential Benefits of Dietary Fibre Intervention in Inflammatory Bowel Disease

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Distant Site Effects of Ingested Prebiotics

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Single‐blind follow‐up study on the effectiveness of a symbiotic preparation in irritable bowel syndrome

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Effects of prebiotics on the immune response to vaccination in the elderly

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Lactobacillus plantarum passage through an oro-gastro-intestinal tract simulator: Carrier matrix effect and transcriptional analysis of genes associated to stress and probiosis

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High-protein diet modifies colonic microbiota and luminal environment but not colonocyte metabolism in the rat model: The increased luminal bulk connection

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Experience of long-term synbiotic therapy in seven short bowel patients with refractory enterocolitis

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Baseline microbiota activity and initial bifidobacteria counts influence responses to prebiotic dosing in healthy subjects

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Modern perspectives on the health benefits of kefir in next generation sequencing era: Improvement of the host gut microbiota

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Lactobacillus-produced exopolysaccharides and their potential health benefits: A review

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Fecal excretion of Bifidobacterium infantis 35624 and changes in fecal microbiota after eight weeks of oral supplementation with encapsulated probiotic

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The prebiotic potential of polysaccharides and extracts of seaweeds

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Influence of fermented milk products, prebiotics and probiotics on microbiota composition and health

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Improvement of the human intestinal flora by ingestion of the probiotic strain Lactobacillus johnsonii La1

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Gut microbiota in health and disease: an overview focused on metabolic inflammation

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Inhibitory effects of laminaran and low molecular alginate against the putrefactive compounds produced by intestinal microflora in vitro and in rats

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Prospects of brown seaweed polysaccharides (BSP) as prebiotics and potential immunomodulators

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Perioperative synbiotics administration decreases postoperative infections in patients with colorectal cancer: A randomized, double-blind clinical trial

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Multiple Omics Uncovers Host–Gut Microbial Mutualism During Prebiotic Fructooligosaccharide Supplementation

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A Comprehensive Overview on Microalgal-Fortified/Based Food and Beverages

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CASE REPORT: Combination Therapy with Bifidobacterium breve, Lactobacillus casei, and Galactooligosaccharides Dramatically Improved the Intestinal Function in a Girl with Short Bowel Syndrome: A Novel Synbiotics Therapy for Intestinal Failure

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From gut microbiota dysfunction to obesity: could short-chain fatty acids stop this dangerous course?

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