In recent years, the importance of the gut microbiota in human health has been revealed and
many publications have highlighted its role as a key component of human physiology …

The different compartments of the gastrointestinal tract are inhabited by populations of micro-
organisms. By far the most important predominant populations are in the colon where a true …

Evidence is accumulating that short chain fatty acids (SCFA) play an important role in the
maintenance of gut and metabolic health. The SCFA acetate, propionate and butyrate are …

Inulin and oligofructose are naturally occurring resistant carbohydrates that have a variety of
uses as functional food ingredients. In addition to their role as prebiotics that selectively …

Simple Summary Black soldier fly (BSF) larvae and pre-pupae were raised on nutritionally
resembling household organic waste. Next, whole (non-defatted) BSF larvae and pre-pupae …

The present study evaluated the effect of dietary sodium butyrate (SB) supplementation on
the growth and immune function in the proximal intestine (PI), middle intestine (MI) and distal …

Short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs), 2–4 carbon monocarboxylates including acetate,
propionate and butyrate, are known to have a variety of physiological and …

Butyrate is one of the three principal short chain fatty acids (SCFA) in humans generated by
colonic microbial fermentation of dietary substrates. SCFA are the C2-5 organic fatty acids …

The effects of subclinical hypocalcemia have been explored in numerous observational and
mechanistic studies in recent years. Besides obvious, well-known effects on muscle …

We investigated the effects of fructooligosaccharides on the absorption of calcium,
magnesium and water from the colon and rectum of rats fed a control diet or the control diet …