Prebiotics: types, selectivity and utilization by gut microbes
| dc.authorid | 0009-0001-7086-3317 | |
| dc.authorid | 0000-0003-4056-1673 | |
| dc.contributor.author | Yalcintas, Yalcin Mert | |
| dc.contributor.author | Bolino, Matthew J. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Duman, Hatice | |
| dc.contributor.author | Saritas, Sumeyye | |
| dc.contributor.author | Pekdemir, Burcu | |
| dc.contributor.author | Kalkan, Arda Erkan | |
| dc.contributor.author | Canbolat, Ahmet Alperen | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-02-03T12:02:25Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-02-03T12:02:25Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2025 | |
| dc.department | Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi | |
| dc.description.abstract | Prebiotics are dietary components selectively utilised by the host's gut microbiota and confer health benefits. They enhance cross-nutritional interactions by supporting beneficial bacteria (particularly Bifidobacterium and Lactobacillus), increase the production of short-chain fatty acids through fermentation, and consequently strengthen the intestinal barrier, balance the immune response, improve metabolic markers (lipid and glucose profiles), regulate key gastrointestinal outcomes such as stool frequency and consistency, and improve some mood/cognitive measures. In early life, human milk oligosaccharides are associated with a Bifidobacterium-dominated ecology and immune development; N-linked and O-linked glycans derived from dietary glycoproteins may exhibit selective utilisation based on binding and species differences; and dietary polyphenols, after limited intestinal absorption, may transform into phenolic metabolites in the colon, shaping the microbiota in a prebiotic-like manner. This review addresses this entire framework, including inulin-type fructans (inulin and fructooligosaccharides), galactooligosaccharides, xylo-oligosaccharides and arabinoxylan-oligosaccharides, isomaltooligosaccharides, lactulose, human milk oligosaccharides, N- and O-linked glycans, and dietary polyphenols as prebiotic-like modulators, with their mechanisms and practical implications. | |
| dc.description.sponsorship | University of Nevada | |
| dc.description.sponsorship | Nevada Agriculture Experimental Station | |
| dc.description.sponsorship | United States Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture [13385133] | |
| dc.description.sponsorship | Reno Department of Nutrition | |
| dc.description.sponsorship | Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation at the University of Nevada | |
| dc.description.sponsorship | University of Nevada, Reno College of Agriculture, Biotechnology, and Natural Resources | |
| dc.description.sponsorship | M.J.B and S.A.F. are supported by funding from the University of Nevada, Reno Department of Nutrition, the University of Nevada, Reno College of Agriculture, Biotechnology, and Natural Resources, the Nevada Agriculture Experimental Station, and the Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation at the University of Nevada, Reno as well as a New Investigator Seed Grant from the United States Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Grant #13385133. | |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.1080/09637486.2025.2582557 | |
| dc.identifier.endpage | 824 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0963-7486 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1465-3478 | |
| dc.identifier.issue | 8 | |
| dc.identifier.pmid | 41223440 | |
| dc.identifier.scopus | 2-s2.0-105022154496 | |
| dc.identifier.scopusquality | Q1 | |
| dc.identifier.startpage | 798 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.org/10.1080/09637486.2025.2582557 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12428/34754 | |
| dc.identifier.volume | 76 | |
| dc.identifier.wos | WOS:001613298200001 | |
| dc.identifier.wosquality | Q2 | |
| dc.indekslendigikaynak | Web of Science | |
| dc.indekslendigikaynak | Scopus | |
| dc.indekslendigikaynak | PubMed | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | Taylor & Francis Ltd | |
| dc.relation.ispartof | International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition | |
| dc.relation.publicationcategory | Diğer | |
| dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess | |
| dc.snmz | KA_WOS_20260130 | |
| dc.subject | Prebiotics | |
| dc.subject | gut microbiota | |
| dc.subject | glycans | |
| dc.subject | short-chain fatty acids | |
| dc.subject | oligosaccharides | |
| dc.subject | selectivity | |
| dc.title | Prebiotics: types, selectivity and utilization by gut microbes | |
| dc.type | Review |











