Xylo-oligosaccharides alone or in synbiotic combination with Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis induce bifidogenesis and modulate markers of immune function in healthy adults: a double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomised, factorial cross-over study.

CE, Childs; H, Röytiö; E, Alhoniemi; AA, Fekete; SD, Forssten; N, Hudjec; YN, Lim; CJ, Steger; P, Yaqoob; KM, Tuohy; RA, Rastall; AC, Ouwehand; GR, Gibson

doi:10.1017/s0007114513004261

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Xylo-oligosaccharides alone or in synbiotic combination with Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis induce bifidogenesis and modulate markers of immune function in healthy adults: a double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomised, factorial cross-over study.

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Childs CE

Röytiö H

Alhoniemi E

Abstract

Prebiotics, probiotics and synbiotics are dietary ingredients with the potential to influence health and mucosal and systemic immune function by altering the composition of the gut microbiota. In the present study, a candidate prebiotic (xylo-oligosaccharide, XOS, 8 g/d), probiotic (Bifidobacterium ...

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