Anti-obesity effects of <i>Laminaria japonica</i> fucoidan in high-fat diet-fed mice vary with the gut microbiota structure
Xueqian Zhang, Ying You, LiLong Wang, Chunqing Ai, Linjuan Huang, Songtao Wang, Zhongfu Wang, Shuang Song, Beiwei Zhu
Abstract
by gut microbiota to produce SCFAs. These findings indicate that evaluation of the gut microbiota structure before dietary interventions is helpful for enhancing the beneficial outcomes of dietary fiber supplementation and provide a rationale for the further application of dietary fucoidan in a personalized way.
Topics & Concepts
FucoidanGut floraPrebioticObesityBiologyLaminariaJaponicaFood sciencePolysaccharideEndocrinologyBiochemistryBotanyAlgaeSeaweed-derived Bioactive CompoundsGut microbiota and healthVitamin C and Antioxidants Research