ReviewFoods (Basel, Switzerland)2020
Animal-Origin Prebiotics Based on Chitin: An Alternative for the Future? A Critical Review.
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44 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 108 citations in OpenAlex.
- Integrative Roles of Functional Foods, Microbiotics, Nutrigenetics, and Nutrigenomics in Managing Type 2 Diabetes and Obesity.Nutrients · 2025Pooled it
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- Supplementation with Yellow Mealworm (Toxins · 2026Article
- Insects as an Alternative Protein Source: A Sustainable Approach to Future Food Security.Insects · 2026Review
- Black soldier fly larvae and cricket fortified crackers are a safe, nutritious, and acceptable snack for school children in Madagascar.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Edible Insect-Based Beverages: A Narrative Review of Functional, Technological, and Experimental Dimensions.Insects · 2026Review
- One-Step Fabrication of N,S-Codoped Carbon Dots fromMolecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Gut microbiota profiling of Javan pangolin (Manis javanica).The Journal of veterinary medical science · 2026Article
- Postprandial plasma amino acid, glucose, and insulin responses in healthy dogs following the consumption of extruded diets containing cricket powder or poultry meal.Journal of animal science · 2026Article
- LiveFrontiers in veterinary science · 2026Article
- Advancing aquafeed: prebiotic, antimicrobial, antioxidant, and immunomodulatory benefits of innovative ingredients from farming systems.Frontiers in microbiology · 2026Article
- Harnessing Edible Insect Bioactives for Gut Health: A Comprehensive Review on Chitin-Derived Prebiotics and Peptidomic Insights from the Black Soldier Fly.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Cricket protein hydrolysate as a sustainable functional ingredient in dog diets: Effects on palatability, health parameters, and antioxidant shelf-life stability.Veterinary world · 2025Article
- RNA Sequencing-Based Transcriptome Analysis of Liver in Laying Hens Supplemented with Dietary ProbioticVeterinary sciences · 2025Article
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- Unravelling the Role of Chitin and Chitosan in Prebiotic Activity and Correlation With Cancer: A Narrative Review.Nutrition reviews · 2025Review
- Enhancing Laying Hen Productivity and Health: Influence of Dietary ProbioticAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025Article
- Comparative Analysis of the Gut Microbiota of Thai Indigenous Chicken Fed House Crickets.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025Article
- Methods of Protein Extraction from House Crickets (Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
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Abstract
The human gut microbiota has been revealed in recent years as a factor that plays a decisive role in the maintenance of human health, as well as in the development of many non-communicable diseases. This microbiota can be modulated by various dietary factors, among which complex carbohydrates have a great influence. Although most complex carbohydrates included in the human diet come from vegetables, there are also options to include complex carbohydrates from non-vegetable sources, such as chitin and its derivatives. Chitin, and its derivatives such as chitosan can be obtained from non-vegetable sources, the best being insects, crustacean exoskeletons and fungi. The present review offers a broad perspective of the current knowledge surrounding the impacts of chitin and its derived polysaccharides on the human gut microbiota and the profound need for more in-depth investigations into this topic. Overall, the effects of whole insects or meal on the gut microbiota have contradictory results, possibly due to their high protein content. Better results are obtained for the case of chitin derivatives, regarding both metabolic effects and effects on the gut microbiota composition.
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