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SUBMITTER: Barczynska R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4891389 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Barczynska Renata R Kapusniak Janusz J Litwin Mieczyslaw M Slizewska Katarzyna K Szalecki Mieczyslaw M
Plant foods for human nutrition (Dordrecht, Netherlands) 20160601 2
Unarguably, diet has a significant impact on human intestinal microbiota. The role of prebiotics as substances supporting the maintenance of appropriate body weight and reducing the demand for energy via stimulation of the growth of beneficial microbiota of the gut and formation products such as short-chain fatty acids, is more and more often highlighted. The objective of this study was to evaluate whether dextrins from maize starch resistant to enzymatic digestion stimulate the growth of Bacter ...[more]