ArticleGenes & nutrition2011
Carbohydrate metabolism in Bifidobacteria.
Article in Genes & nutrition, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03372109 (A Randomized Controlled Trial to Evaluate the Effects of Repeated Periods of Modified Fasting to Support Healthy Natural Weight Management and Prevention of Weight Gain in Overweight But Generally Healthy Adults Over the Winter Holiday Period), which is not on this map. Cited by 382 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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A Randomized Controlled Trial to Evaluate the Effects of Repeated Periods of Modified Fasting to Support Healthy Natural Weight Management and Prevention of Weight Gain in Overweight But Generally Healthy Adults Over the Winter Holiday Period
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382 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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Abstract
Members of the genus Bifidobacterium can be found as components of the gastrointestinal microbiota, and are believed to play an important role in maintaining and promoting human health by eliciting a number of beneficial properties. Bifidobacteria can utilize a diverse range of dietary carbohydrates that escape degradation in the upper parts of the intestine, many of which are plant-derived oligo- and polysaccharides. The gene content of a bifidobacterial genome reflects this apparent metabolic adaptation to a complex carbohydrate-rich gastrointestinal tract environment as it encodes a large number of predicted carbohydrate-modifying enzymes. Different bifidobacterial strains may possess different carbohydrate utilizing abilities, as established by a number of studies reviewed here. Carbohydrate-degrading activities described for bifidobacteria and their relevance to the deliberate enhancement of number and/or activity of bifidobacteria in the gut are also discussed in this review.
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