PMID: 15220664Jun 29, 2004Paper

Prebiotics in infant formulas

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology
Günther BoehmVittorio Vigi

Abstract

The intestinal flora of breast-fed infants is an important physiologic factor in the function of the gut and in the development of the immune system. The current research is part of a group of studies performed to answer the question whether a bovine milk formula supplemented with a prebiotic mixture from galactooligosaccharides and fructooligosaccharides can stimulate an intestinal flora similar to that of breast-fed infants. The prebiotic effect of the oligosaccharide mixture was tested in preterm and term infants by measuring fecal flora using plating as well as fluorescent in situ hybridization techniques. The effect of the oligosaccharides on the bacterial metabolism was studied by measuring short-chain fatty acid production in vitro and the short-chain fatty acid pattern in the stools of a group of term infants. The oligosaccharide mixture increases significantly the number of bifidobacteria and reduces the number of pathogens in term as well as in preterm infants when compared with a group of infants fed an unsupplemented formula. Using a concentration of 0.8 g oligosacchrides/100 mL formula, the amount of bifidobacteria is similar to that typical of breast-fed infants. In vitro, the short-chain fatty acids produced by t...Continue Reading

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