Publications
10
Citations
115
Est. group size
—
Recurring co-author estimate
Active years
15
Publishing since 2012
This researcher studies how dietary components such as inulin-type fructans, oligofructose, human milk oligosaccharides, and cellobiose interact with gut bacteria, often using laboratory fermentation models to see how these compounds are broken down and how they affect health markers like short-chain fatty acids and butyrate. Much of the work explores 'prebiotics' - food ingredients that feed beneficial gut microbes - and how factors like the surrounding food matrix or combinations of ingredients change their effects. Some studies also look at implications for conditions such as irritable bowel syndrome.
Publication activity was absent for most of the past decade but picked up starting in 2022, with a cluster of outputs from 2022-2026, suggesting a recent and modest increase in visible output rather than a long, steady record.
Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026
- Cellobiose as a candidate prebiotic: enhanced butyrate production in an in vitro human gut fermentation model
Journal of Applied Microbiology · 2026
- An <i>in vitro</i> batch culture study to assess the fermentation of human milk oligosaccharides by faecal microbiota from healthy and irritable bowel syndrome stool donors
Gut Microbiome · 2025
- Oligofructose alone and in combination with 2′fucosyllactose induces physiologically relevant changes in γ-aminobutyric acid and organic acid production compared to sole 2′fucosyllactose supplementation: an <i>in vitro</i> study
FEMS Microbiology Ecology · 2023
- Effects of food matrix on the prebiotic efficacy of inulin-type fructans: a randomised trial
Beneficial Microbes · 2023
- Inulin‐type fructans and short‐chain fructooligosaccharides—their role within the food industry as fat and sugar replacers and texture modifiers—what needs to be considered!
Food Science & Nutrition · 2022
- Food for thought! Inulin-type fructans: Does the food matrix matter?
Journal of Functional Foods · 2022
- Determining the metabolic fate of human milk oligosaccharides: it may just be more complex than you think?
Gut Microbiome · 2022
- Oligofructose, 2’fucosyllactose and β-glucan in combination induce specific changes in microbial composition and short-chain fatty acid production compared to sole supplementation
Journal of Applied Microbiology · 2022
- The Potential Role of Human Milk Oligosaccharides in Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Microorganisms · 2022
- Gut Microbiome×2
- Journal of Applied Microbiology×2
- Food Science & Nutrition×1
- Journal of Functional Foods×1
- Microorganisms×1
- Oscar F. Sánchez
Nursing · Purdue University West Lafayette
- Bruce R. Hamaker
Nursing · Purdue University West Lafayette
- Yunus E. Tunçil
Nursing · Purdue University West Lafayette
- Lisa Lamothe
Nursing · Purdue University West Lafayette
- Thaisa M. Cantu-Jungles
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Purdue University West Lafayette
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Last updated Jul 20, 2026.
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