Prebiotic potential of gum Arabic for gut health

Ahmed A M Elnour^{1

2}, Nour Hamid Abdurahman^{1

2}, Khalid Hamid Musa³, Zafar Rasheed⁴

Affiliations

¹ Faculty of Chemical and Process Engineering Technology, University Malaysia Pahang Al-Sultan Abdullah, Gambang, Malaysia.
² Centre of Excellence for Advanced Research in Fluid Flow, University Malaysia Pahang Al-Sultan Abdullah, Gambang, Malaysia.
³ Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, College of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Qassim University, Buraidah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
⁴ Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, Qassim University, Buraidah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Editorial

Ahmed A M Elnour et al. Int J Health Sci (Qassim). 2023 Nov-Dec.

. 2023 Nov-Dec;17(6):4-5.

Ahmed A M Elnour^{1

2}, Nour Hamid Abdurahman^{1

2}, Khalid Hamid Musa³, Zafar Rasheed⁴

¹ Faculty of Chemical and Process Engineering Technology, University Malaysia Pahang Al-Sultan Abdullah, Gambang, Malaysia.
² Centre of Excellence for Advanced Research in Fluid Flow, University Malaysia Pahang Al-Sultan Abdullah, Gambang, Malaysia.
³ Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, College of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Qassim University, Buraidah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
⁴ Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, Qassim University, Buraidah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that there are no conflicts of interest.

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