Alberto Cresci

TL;DR: Age-related differences in the microbiota makeup were detected but differed between the study populations from the four countries, each showing a characteristic colonization pattern.

TL;DR: Red wine polyphenols administered with the diet to F344 rats for 16 weeks inhibited colon carcinogenesis induced by azoxymethane or dimethylhydrazine, and found a down-regulation of many genes regulating cell surface antigens, metabolic enzymes and cellular response to oxidative stress.

TL;DR: Results are in agreement with the increase of body weight recorded in this study, and FishfedonLAB showed 81% higher body weight in long treated group and 28% in short treated one with respect to control.

TL;DR: Although it had little effect on caecal short‐chain fatty acid concentration, CrystaLean markedly increased the proportion of n‐butyric acid in both rat groups and was associated with a significant increase in cell proliferation in the proximal colon of the Italian flora‐associated rats, suggesting a protective role in the colon environment.

TL;DR: Two bacterial strains isolated from Italian elderly human faeces present favourable strain-specific properties for their utilisation as probiotics in functional foods and the high adhesion ability of the L. rhamnosus IMC 501 and L. paracasei IMC 502 used in combination indicate that the two bacterial strains could be used as health-promoting bacteria.