Prebiotics

"Prebiotics" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Non-digestible food ingredients mostly of a carbohydrate base that improve human health by selectively stimulating the growth and/or activity of existing BACTERIA in the COLON.

Descriptor ID	D056692
MeSH Number(s)	D09.301.416.500 D09.698.718.622 G07.203.300.400.500 G07.203.300.456.249 J02.500.400.500 J02.500.456.249
Concept/Terms	Prebiotics Prebiotics Prebiotic

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Chemicals and Drugs [D]
Carbohydrates [D09]
Dietary Carbohydrates [D09.301]
Dietary Fiber [D09.301.416]
Prebiotics [D09.301.416.500]
Polysaccharides [D09.698]
Polysaccharides, Bacterial [D09.698.718]
Prebiotics [D09.698.718.622]
Biological Sciences [G]
Physiological Phenomena [G07]
Diet, Food, and Nutrition [G07.203]
Food [G07.203.300]
Dietary Fiber [G07.203.300.400]
Prebiotics [G07.203.300.400.500]
Dietary Supplements [G07.203.300.456]
Prebiotics [G07.203.300.456.249]
Technology, Industry, Agriculture [J]
Food and Beverages [J02]
Food [J02.500]
Dietary Fiber [J02.500.400]
Prebiotics [J02.500.400.500]
Dietary Supplements [J02.500.456]
Prebiotics [J02.500.456.249]

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2021	1	2	3
2022	1	4	5

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Ji H, Liu J, McClements DJ, Bai Y, Li Z, Chen L, Qiu C, Zhan X, Jin Z. Malto-oligosaccharides as critical functional ingredient: a review of their properties, preparation, and versatile applications. Crit Rev Food Sci Nutr. 2024; 64(12):3674-3686.

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Gu Q, Yin Y, Yan X, Liu X, Liu F, McClements DJ. Encapsulation of multiple probiotics, synbiotics, or nutrabiotics for improved health effects: A review. Adv Colloid Interface Sci. 2022 Nov; 309:102781.

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Chen JH, Wang Y, Pan J, Lu LW, Yu J, Liu B, Chen F, Deng H. Prebiotic Oligosaccharides Enhance Iron Absorption Via Modulation of Protein Expression and Gut Microbiota in a Dose-Response Manner in Iron-Deficient Growing Rats. Mol Nutr Food Res. 2022 05; 66(10):e2101064.

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Liu Y, Qiu C, Li X, McClements DJ, Wang C, Zhang Z, Jiao A, Long J, Zhu K, Wang J, Jin Z. Application of starch-based nanoparticles and cyclodextrin for prebiotics delivery and controlled glucose release in the human gut: a review. Crit Rev Food Sci Nutr. 2023; 63(23):6126-6137.

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Olendzki B, Bucci V, Cawley C, Maserati R, McManus M, Olednzki E, Madziar C, Chiang D, Ward DV, Pellish R, Foley C, Bhattarai S, McCormick BA, Maldonado-Contreras A. Dietary manipulation of the gut microbiome in inflammatory bowel disease patients: Pilot study. Gut Microbes. 2022 Jan-Dec; 14(1):2046244.

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Fei Y, Chen Z, Han S, Zhang S, Zhang T, Lu Y, Berglund B, Xiao H, Li L, Yao M. Role of prebiotics in enhancing the function of next-generation probiotics in gut microbiota. Crit Rev Food Sci Nutr. 2023; 63(8):1037-1054.

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Chengxiao Y, Dongmei W, Kai Z, Hou L, Xiao H, Ding T, Liu D, Ye X, Linhardt RJ, Chen S. Challenges of pectic polysaccharides as a prebiotic from the perspective of fermentation characteristics and anti-colitis activity. Carbohydr Polym. 2021 Oct 15; 270:118377.

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Gu I, Lam WS, Marasini D, Brownmiller C, Savary BJ, Lee JA, Carbonero F, Lee SO. In Vitro Fecal Fermentation Patterns of Arabinoxylan from Rice Bran on Fecal Microbiota from Normal-Weight and Overweight/Obese Subjects. Nutrients. 2021 Jun 15; 13(6).

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Solano-Aguilar GI, Jang S, Lakshman S, Gupta R, Beshah E, Sikaroodi M, Vinyard B, Molokin A, Gillevet PM, Urban JF. The Effect of Dietary Mushroom Agaricus bisporus on Intestinal Microbiota Composition and Host Immunological Function. Nutrients. 2018 Nov 09; 10(11).

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