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Prebiotics May Indeed Prove to Be a Clinically Beneﬁcial Dietary Supplement, in the Context of Novel Nutritional Strategies for the Management of Gastrointestinal and Systemic Conditions
Saavedra & Tschernia 2002 British Journal of Nutrition 87(Suppl. 2): S241-S246

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Association between funding source, methodological quality and research outcomes in randomized controlled trials of synbiotics, probiotics and prebiotics added to infant formula: a systematic review
Mugambi et al. 2013 BMC Med Res Methodol 13:137.
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Biﬁdogenic effects of solid weaning foods with added prebiotic oligosaccharides: a randomised controlled clinical trial.
Scholtens et al. 2006 J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 42: 553–9
Daily intake of wheat germ-enriched bread may promote a healthy gut bacterial microbiota: a randomised controlled trial
Moreira-Rosário et al. 2019
Double blind randomized clinical trial controlled by placebo with an alpha linoleic acid and prebiotic enriched cookie on risk cardiovascular factor in obese patients
de Luis et al. 2011 Nutr Hosp 26: 827–33
Early dietary intervention with a mixture of prebiotic oligosaccharides reduces the incidence of allergic manifestations and infections during the ﬁrst two years of life
Arslanoglu et al. 2008 J Nutr 138: 1091–5.
Exopolysaccharides produced by intestinal Biﬁdobacterium strains act as fermentable substrates for human intestinal bacteria
Salazar et al. 2008
Fiber and prebiotics: mechanisms and health beneﬁts.
Slavin 2013 Nutrients 5: 1417–35.
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Functional food science and gastrointestinal physiology and function
Salminen et al. 1998
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Human studies with probiotics and prebiotics: clinical implications.
Saavedra & Tschernia 2002 British Journal of Nutrition 87(Suppl. 2): S241-S246
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Inulin, oligofructose and immunomodulation
Watzl et al. 2005 British Journal of Nutrition 93(Suppl. 1): S49–S55
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