[ Prebiotic[ Prebiotic ] A chemical or food ingredient that promotes the growth of beneficial intestinal microorganisms. Naturally occurring prebiotics are typically non-digestible polysaccharides or sugar alcohols that pass undigested through the upper gastrointestinal tract. Compare: Probiotic... More ]
A chemical or food ingredient that promotes the growth of beneficial intestinal microorganisms. Naturally occurring prebiotics are typically non-digestible polysaccharides[ Polysaccharide ] A carbohydrate molecule comprising of more than ten monosaccharide units linked by glycosidic bonds. They may be linear or highly branched in structure. Enzymatic glycolysis breaks the glycosidic linkages, reducing them into oligosaccharides, disaccharides and monosaccharides. In plants, the role of oligosaccharides and polysaccharides is either structural or energy storage. In humans, their role is energy storage,... More or sugar[ Sugar ] Any of the class of crystalline, water-soluble, short-chained (monosaccharide and disaccharide) carbohydrates. Sugars are typically sweet-tasting and include glucose, galactose, fructose, sucrose, lactose and maltose.... More alcohols that pass undigested through the upper gastrointestinal tract.
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