Frustrating day looking for a xylooligosaccharide supplement that is not derived from corn. XOS support the growth of Bifidobacteria.

There don't seem to by any made from other sources, even though it would seem wood could be a potentially cheap source.

I'm drinking slippery elm tea (Ulmus rubra), which has a long history of use in traditional medicine. Unfortunately, there hasn't been much research on it (which is weird & also frustrating). Herbals say it's active constituent is 'mucilage'. Would it act as a prebiotic for Bifidobacteria?

#microbiome #prebiotics #Bifidobacteria #probiotics #xylooligosaccharide

#Stress Response in #Bifidobacteria | #Microbiology and #MolecularBiology #Reviews

https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mmbr.00170-21

Probiotic Bifidobacteria Mitigate the Deleterious Effects of para-Cresol in a Drosophila melanogaster Toxicity Model https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/msphere.00446-22

- some strains of #bifidobacteria internalized p-cresol from the extracellular environment
- #Probiotic strains to reduce levels of p-cresol sulfate in patients with chronic kidney disease in future?

#microbiome #chronickidneydisease #gutbrainaxis