Potential Use of Marine Seaweeds as Prebiotics: A Review

Molecules

Aroa Lopez-Santamarina¹  CarlosManuel Franco¹  Alexandre Lamas¹  Alejandra Cardelle-Cobas¹  Aliciadel Carmen Mondragon¹  JoseManuel Miranda¹  Alberto Cepeda¹ 

[1] Laboratorio de Higiene Inspección y Control de Alimentos, Departamento de Química Analítica, Nutrición y Bromatología, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, 27002 Lugo, Spain;

关键词: prebiotic;    polysaccharides;    seaweed;    rhodophyceae;    phaeophyceae;    chlorophyceae;   

DOI  :  10.3390/molecules25041004

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Human gut microbiota plays an important role in several metabolic processes and human diseases. Various dietary factors, including complex carbohydrates, such as polysaccharides, provide abundant nutrients and substrates for microbial metabolism in the gut, affecting the members and their functionality. Nowadays, the main sources of complex carbohydrates destined for human consumption are terrestrial plants. However, fresh water is an increasingly scarce commodity and world agricultural productivity is in a persistent decline, thus demanding the exploration of other sources of complex carbohydrates. As an interesting option, marine seaweeds show rapid growth and do not require arable land, fresh water or fertilizers. The present review offers an objective perspective of the current knowledge surrounding the impacts of seaweeds and their derived polysaccharides on the human microbiome and the profound need for more in-depth investigations into this topic. Animal experiments and in vitro colonic-simulating trials investigating the effects of seaweed ingestion on human gut microbiota are discussed.

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