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ReviewJournal of food science and technology2024

Review of history and mechanisms of action of lactulose (4-O-β-D-Galactopyranosyl-β-D-fructofuranose): present and future applications in food.

Vid Vičič, Ruža Pandel Mikuš, Blaž Ferjančič

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Review in Journal of food science and technology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. Clinical efficacy and gastrointestinal hormonal effect ofAmerican journal of translational research · 2026
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  11. The Gut-Kidney Axis in Chronic Kidney Diseases.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Vid VičičChair of Biomedicine in Healthcare, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ljubljana, Zdravstvena pot 5, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.ORCID 0000-0003-4102-8459
Ruža Pandel MikušChair of Biomedicine in Healthcare, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ljubljana, Zdravstvena pot 5, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.ORCID 0000-0002-9295-4711
Blaž FerjančičDepartment of Food Science and Technology, Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Jamnikarjeva ul. 101, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.ORCID 0000-0003-1884-4140

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Lactulose is a synthetic disaccharide composed of galactose and fructose. Literature review of history, legal status and possible food applications of lactulose in functional foods, such as confectionery and beverages. In the colon, lactulose is fermented by the microbiota and acts as a selective modulator of bacterial growth, promoting the growth of

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Functional foodGummy candyHard candyLactuloseMicrobiota modulatorPrebiotic

Identifiers

PMID39397831
PMCPMC11464675

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