Maternal Prebiotic Ingestion Increased the Number of Fecal Bifidobacteria in Pregnant Women but Not in Their Neonates Aged One Month

Fructooligosaccharides (FOS) can selectively stimulate the growth of bifidobacteria. Here, we investigated the effect of maternal FOS ingestion on maternal and neonatal gut bifidobacteria. In a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study, we administered 8 g/day of FOS or sucrose to 84 women...

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Published in:Nutrients
Main Authors: Jinno, Shinji, Toshimitsu, Takayuki, Nakamura, Yoshitaka, Kubota, Takayuki, Igoshi, Yuka, Ozawa, Naoko, Suzuki, Shuichi, Nakano, Taiji, Morita, Yoshinori, Arima, Takayasu, Yamaide, Fumiya, Kohno, Yoichi, Masuda, Kentaro, Shimojo, Naoki
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: MDPI 2017
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5372859/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28245628
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu9030196
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