Probiotics and prebiotics in intestinal health and disease: from biology to the clinic

Nature Reviews Gastroenterology and Hepatology - Tập 16 Số 10 - Trang 605-616 - 2019
Mary Ellen Sanders1, Daniel Merenstein2, Gregor Reid3, Glenn R. Gibson4, Robert A. Rastall4
1International Scientific Association for Probiotics and Prebiotics, Centennial, CO, USA
2Department of Family Medicine, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA
3Lawson Research Institute, and Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
4Department of Food and Nutritional Sciences, University of Reading, Reading, UK

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