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Trial reportJournal of nutritional science2024

Effects of short-term, high-dose cocoa-derived flavanol supplementation on gut microbiota composition: secondary findings from a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled crossover study.

Cassandra Suther, Billie Alba, Beau R Yurkevicius, Patrick N Radcliffe, Heather S Fagnant, John Castellani, J Philip Karl

Abstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Journal of nutritional science, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Cassandra SutherMilitary Nutrition Division, United States Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine, Natick, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8861-6883
Billie AlbaThermal and Mountain Medicine Division, United States Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine, Natick, MA, USA.
Beau R YurkeviciusThermal and Mountain Medicine Division, United States Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine, Natick, MA, USA.
Patrick N RadcliffeMilitary Nutrition Division, United States Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine, Natick, MA, USA.
Heather S FagnantMilitary Nutrition Division, United States Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine, Natick, MA, USA.
John CastellaniThermal and Mountain Medicine Division, United States Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine, Natick, MA, USA.
J Philip KarlMilitary Nutrition Division, United States Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine, Natick, MA, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cocoa-derived flavanols (CDF) may act as prebiotics. However, evidence is inconsistent, and the duration and dose of CDF intake needed to elicit any prebiotic effect are undefined. This randomized, double-blind, crossover study determined the effects of short-term, high-dose dietary supplementation with CDF versus matched placebo on gut microbiota composition in 8 healthy adults. A single faecal sample was collected 8 d after supplementation with 900 mg/d CDF or placebo. Gut microbiota composition and

Indexed as

BifidobacteriumCacaoCross-Over StudiesDietary SupplementsFecesGastrointestinal MicrobiomeLactobacillusPrebioticsAdultDouble-Blind MethodFemaleFlavonolsHumansMaleRNA, Ribosomal, 16SYoung AdultFlavonolsPrebioticsRNA, Ribosomal, 16SChocolateHigh-throughput SequencingMicrobiomePolyphenol

Identifiers

PMID39776521
PMCPMC11704926

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