Matrix Effects on the Delivery Efficacy of Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. <i>lactis</i> BB-12 on Fecal Microbiota, Gut Transit Time, and Short-Chain Fatty Acids in Healthy Young Adults
Zhaoyong Ba, Yujin Lee, Huicui Meng, Penny M. Kris‐Etherton, Connie J. Rogers, Zachery T. Lewis, David A. Mills, Emily J. Furumoto, M. Laura Rolon, Jennifer Fleming, Robert Roberts
Abstract
The significance of our study is in simultaneously assessing the effect of BB-12, alone and in different delivery vehicles, on the gut transit time, fecal short-chain fatty acids, and the composition of the gut microbiota of the study cohort.
Topics & Concepts
Bifidobacterium animalisFecesFood scienceProbioticBifidobacteriumBiologyShort-chain fatty acidFermentationMicrobiologyLactobacillusBacteriaButyrateGeneticsGut microbiota and healthProbiotics and Fermented FoodsClostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research