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Kort, R. (author), Westerik, N. (author), Mariela Serrano, L. (author), Douillard, F.P. (author), Gottstein, W. (author), Mukisa, I.M. (author), Tuijn, C.J. (author), Basten, L. (author), Hafkamp, B. (author), Meijer, W.C. (author), Teusink, B. (author), Vos, W.M. (author), Reid, G. (author), Sybesma, W. (author)Background: The lactic acid bacterium Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG is the most studied probiotic bacterium with proven health benefits upon oral intake, including the alleviation of diarrhea. The mission of the Yoba for Life foundation is to provide impoverished communities in Africa increased access to Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG under the name...article 2015
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Dent, M.P. (author), Wolterbeek, A.P.M. (author), Russell, P.J. (author), Bradford, R. (author)Hoodia gordonii extract was orally administered by gavage to groups of 22 female New Zealand white rabbits from day 3-28 after mating at doses of 0 (control), 3, 6 or 12. mg/kg bodyweight/day. These doses were reached by a dose escalation phase between days 3 and 7 after mating. As well as a vehicle control group, a control group pair-fed to the...article 2012
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Dent, M.P. (author), Wolterbeek, A.P.M. (author), Russell, P.J. (author), Bradford, R. (author)Hoodia gordonii extract (0, 5, 15 or 50. mg/kg body weight/day, n= 24 mice/group) was orally administered by gavage to female CD-1 mice from gestation days 5-17. On gestation day 18 the females were euthanized and examined. Treatment at 50. mg/kg/day caused a marked reduction in feed intake and body weight gain. Feed consumption was sporadically...article 2012
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Kardinaal, A. (author), Mennen, L. (author), Hendriks, H. (author), TNO Kwaliteit van Leven (author)Alwine Kardinnal, Louise Mennen, and Henk Hendriks share their views on the way scientific evidence for a health claim can be obtained and use weight management to demonstrate different approaches. Weight management products are used to explain the steps that need to be taken to obtain approval for health claims and the way to gather scientific...article 2009
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Centraal Instituut voor Voedingsonderzoek TNO TNO Voeding (author), van Loo, J. (author), Cummings, J. (author), Delzenne, N. (author), Englyst, H. (author), Franck, A. (author), Hopkins, M. (author), Kok, N. (author), Macfarlane, G. (author), Newton, D. (author), Quigley, M. (author), Roberfroid, M. (author), van Vliet, T. (author), van den Heuvel, E. (author)This paper results from the final phase of the ENDO project (DGXII AIRII-CT94-1095), a European Commission-funded project on non-digestible oligosaccharides (NDO). All participants in the programme met to perform a consensus exercise on the possible functional food properties of NDO. Topics studied during the project (including a workshop on...article 1999