Introducing inulin-type fructansMarcel B Roberfroid
Universite Catholique de Louvain, Louvain la Neuve, Belgium
Br J Nutr 93:S13-25. 2005
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- Prebiotics: the concept revisited
Marcel Roberfroid
Universite Catholique de Louvain, Louvain la Neuve B 1348, Belgium
J Nutr 137:830S-7S. 2007
..A prebiotic index is proposed, defined as "the increase in the absolute number of bifidobacteria expressed divided by the daily dose of prebiotic ingested."..
- Inulin-type fructans: functional food ingredients
Marcel B Roberfroid
Universite Catholique de Louvain, B 1348 Louvain la Neuve, Belgium
J Nutr 137:2493S-2502S. 2007
..Inulin-type fructans are thus functional food ingredients that are eligible for enhanced function claims, but, as more human data become available, risk reduction claims will become scientifically substantiated...
- Functional foods: concepts and application to inulin and oligofructose
Marcel B Roberfroid
Universite Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium
Br J Nutr 87:S139-43. 2002
..The present proceedings review the scientific data available and, by reference to the concepts in functional food science, they assess the scientific evidence which will be used to substantiate health claims...
- Possible adjuvant cancer therapy by two prebiotics--inulin or oligofructose
Henryk S Taper
Unité de Pharmacocinétique, Metabolisme, Nutrition et Toxicologie, Universite Catholique de Louvain, 1200 Bruxelles, Belgium
In Vivo 19:201-4. 2005
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- Non-toxic potentiation of cancer radiotherapy by dietary oligofructose or inulin
Henryk S Taper
Unité Pharmacocinétique, Metabolisme, Nutrition et Toxicologie, Universite Catholique de Louvain, Avenue Em Mounier, 73, B 1200 Bruxelles, Belgium
Anticancer Res 22:3319-23. 2002
..The introduction of such non-toxic adjuvant treatment potentiating the effect of cancer radiotherapy in classical protocols of human cancer treatment appears to be possible and without any additional risk for the patients...
- Dietary chicory inulin increases whole-body bone mineral density in growing male rats
Marcel B Roberfroid
Universite Catholique de Louvain, B 1348 Louvain la Neuve, Belgium
J Nutr 132:3599-602. 2002
..This is the first report to demonstrate that chicory inulin not only increases calcium absorption but also increases mineral parameters in whole-body bones...
- Probiotics and health. Foreword
Marcel Roberfroid
, Belgium
Br J Nutr 88:S3-4. 2002
- Probiotics and prebiotics: why should the medical community pay attention?
Marcel Roberfroid
Emeritus Professor, Universite Catholique de Louvain, 7A Rue du RONDIA, B 1348, Louvain la Neuve, Belgium
Drug Discov Today 8:1107-8. 2003
