Effects of probiotics, prebiotics, and synbiotics on mineral metabolism in ovariectomized rats — impact of bacterial mass, intestinal absorptive area and reduction of bone turn-over
Background: Defined prebiotics were shown to improve calcium balance and diminish bone loss. However, the effect of their combination with probiotics on gut ecology and bone metabolism has not yet been studied. We investigated whether the combination of a probiotic with a defined microbial strain re...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2016-08-01
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| Series: | NFS Journal |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352364615300547 |