The capacity of short-chain fructo-oligosaccharides (FOS) to stimulate faecal bifidobacteria: a dose-response relationship study in healthy humans

This study reported that short-chain FOS is well tolerated at doses 2.5 to 10 g/d and bifidogenic with a dose-response relationship in healthy humans.

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The aim of this presentation is to give more details about the dose-response effects of short-chain fructo-oligosaccharides (scFOS).

Link to Publication: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1448190/

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Bouhnik Y, et al. The capacity of short-chain fructo-oligosaccharides to stimulate faecal bifidobacteria: a dose-response relationship study in healthy humans. Nutrition Journal 2006; 5:8. doi:10.1186/1475-2891-5-8. Copyright: © 2006 Bouhnik et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.