A review: Roles of carbohydrates in human diseases through regulation of imbalanced intestinal microbiota

Gut microbiota plays a key role in the maintenance of human health. In most cases, carbohydrates can be fermented by gut microbiota as substrates. By such degradation reaction, the abundances, activities and metabolite production of gut microbiota will be regulated and thus prevent the occurrence of...

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Main Authors: Xue Cheng, Junping Zheng, Aizhen Lin, Hui Xia, Zhigang Zhang, Qinghua Gao, Wenliang Lv, Hongtao Liu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-11-01
Series:Journal of Functional Foods
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1756464620304217