RT Journal Article
T1 Assessment of prebiotic potential of Akpan-yoghurt-like product and effects on the human intestinal microbiota
A1 Gullón Estévez, Beatriz
A1 Pereira, Miguel F.
A1 Mestres, Christian
A1 Hounhouigan, Joseph
A1 Pallet, Dominique
A1 Alonso, José Luis
A1 Pintado, Manuela
K1 Cereal
K1 Akpan
K1 Prebiotic
K1 Functional food
K1 FISH
AB The effect of Akpan (yoghurt-like product) consumption on the human intestinal microbiota was examined. The prebiotic potential of Akpan was assessed by in vitro fermentation using, as inocula, individual probiotic strains and faecal samples from three healthy donors. In this latter case, the prebiotic activity was assessed through the quantification of short chain fatty acid (SCFA) production, the evolution of the pH and the evaluation of dynamic bacterial population by fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH). Results demonstrated that Akpan was metabolized after 44 h of fermentation, exerting a prebiotic effect, similar to that observed for fructooligosaccharides (FOS). All the considered bacterial groups significantly increased after Akpan and FOS fermentation. Under the tested conditions, no significant differences between the SCFA concentration produced by Akpan and FOS after of incubation were detected. Our findings contribute to support the utilization of Akpan as a functional food with potential beneficial effects on gastrointestinal health
PB Elsevier
SN 1756-4646
YR 2015
FD 2015
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10347/24285
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10347/24285
LA eng
NO Journal of Functional Foods, Volume 19, Part A, December 2015, Pages 545-553
NO This study was financially supported by the European Seven Framework programme (EU FP7), and is part of the AFTER project (African Food Tradition Revisited by Research) under contract no. 245-025. It was also supported by National Funds from FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia – through project PEst-OE/EQB/LA0016/2013. B. Gullón is grateful to the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia, FCT, Portugal) for funding through the postdoctoral fellowship reference SFRH/BPD/79941/2011
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