ReviewMicroorganisms2021
Nutraceuticals and Herbal Food Supplements for Weight Loss: Is There a Prebiotic Role in the Mechanism of Action?
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- Green Tea Mitigates the Hallmarks of Aging and Age-Related Multisystem Deterioration.Aging and disease · 2025Review
- Targeted probiotic therapy in irritable bowel syndrome: a clinical evaluation onFrontiers in medicine · 2025Article
- Red Yeast Rice or Lovastatin? A Comparative Evaluation of Safety and Efficacy Through a Multifaceted Approach.Phytotherapy research : PTR · 2025Article
- Comprehensive Analysis ofNutrients · 2024Article
- Sports-Related Gastrointestinal Disorders: From the Microbiota to the Possible Role of Nutraceuticals, a Narrative Analysis.Microorganisms · 2024Review
- Pathophysiological-Based Nutritional Interventions in Cirrhotic Patients with Sarcopenic Obesity: A State-of-the-Art Narrative Review.Nutrients · 2024Review
- Preventive effects of a nutraceutical mixture of berberine, citrus and apple extracts on metabolic disturbances in Zucker fatty rats.PloS one · 2024Article
- Plant-Derived Nutraceuticals Involved in Body Weight Control by Modulating Gene Expression.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Special Issue "Gut Microbioma Structure and Functions in Human Health and Disease 2.0": Editorial.Microorganisms · 2023Article
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7 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Numerous nutraceuticals and botanical food supplements are used with the intention of modulating body weight. A recent review examined the main food supplements used in weight loss, dividing them according to the main effects for which they were investigated. The direct or indirect effects exerted on the intestinal microbiota can also contribute to the effectiveness of these substances. The aim of this review is to evaluate whether any prebiotic effects, which could help to explain their efficacy or ineffectiveness, are documented in the recent literature for the main nutraceuticals and herbal food supplements used for weight loss management. Several prebiotic effects have been reported for various nutraceutical substances, which have shown activity on
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