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Review
. 2020 Mar 6;21(5):1822.
doi: 10.3390/ijms21051822.

A Brief Review of Nutraceutical Ingredients in Gastrointestinal Disorders: Evidence and Suggestions

Xiang Gao  1   2 , Jingwen Liu  1   2 , Li Li  2 , Wei Liu  1 , Meiyan Sun  1
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Review

A Brief Review of Nutraceutical Ingredients in Gastrointestinal Disorders: Evidence and Suggestions

Xiang Gao et al. Int J Mol Sci. .

Abstract

The dietary effect on gut health has long been recognized through the empirical practice of soothing gastric discomfort with certain types of food, and recently the correlation between specific diets with lower incidences of several gastrointestinal diseases has been revealed. Ingredients from those considered beneficial foods have been isolated and studied, and some of them have already been put into the supplement market. In this review, we focus on latest studies of these food-derived ingredients for their proposed preventive and therapeutic roles in gastrointestinal disorders, with the attempt of drawing evidence-based suggestions on consuming these products.

Keywords: clinical trial; functional gastrointestinal disorders; nutraceuticals; structural gastrointestinal disorders.

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The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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