Prebiotics & Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)

Prebiotics are nondigestible carbohydrates that are fermented by gut bacteria into metabolites, which can confer health benefits. However, their role in the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) remains unclear (1)

Although prebiotics might be good inducers of SCFA, they are often not well tolerated in Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) patients because of bloating and abdominal cramps…

Effect of oral lactulose on clinical and immunohistochemical parameters in patients with inflammatory bowel disease: a pilot study
Hafer et al. 2007 BMC Gastroenterol. 7:36
Prebiotics and Probiotics in Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Where are we now and where are we going?
Naseer et al. 2020 Curr Clin Pharmacol 15(3): 216-233
Review
Prebiotics for Induction and Maintenance of Remission in Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Limketkai et al. 2025 Inflamm Bowel Dis 31(5): 1220-1230
Meta-Analysis
Review
Resistant starch: a promising dietary agent for the prevention/ treatment of inflammatory bowel disease and bowel cancer
Higgins & Brown 2013 Curr Opin Gastroenterol. 29(2): 190-4
Review
Review article: short chain fatty acids as potential therapeutic agents in human gastrointestinal and inﬂammatory disorders
Gill et al. 2018a Aliment Pharmacol Ther 48: 15-34
Review
Therapeutic manipulation of the enteric microflora in inflammatory bowel diseases: antibiotics, probiotics, and prebiotics
Sartor 2004 Gastroenterology. 126:1620–33
Review