About the Authors
- Valentina Pasqualetti
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Contributed equally to this work with: Valentina Pasqualetti, Annamaria Altomare
Affiliation Food Sciences and Human Nutrition Unit, University Campus Bio-Medico of Rome, Rome, Italy
- Annamaria Altomare
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Contributed equally to this work with: Valentina Pasqualetti, Annamaria Altomare
Affiliation Gastroenterology Unit, University Campus Bio-Medico of Rome, Rome, Italy
- Michele Pier Luca Guarino
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Affiliation Gastroenterology Unit, University Campus Bio-Medico of Rome, Rome, Italy
- Vittoria Locato
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Affiliation Food Sciences and Human Nutrition Unit, University Campus Bio-Medico of Rome, Rome, Italy
- Silvia Cocca
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Affiliation Gastroenterology Unit, University Campus Bio-Medico of Rome, Rome, Italy
- Sara Cimini
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Affiliation Food Sciences and Human Nutrition Unit, University Campus Bio-Medico of Rome, Rome, Italy
- Rossella Palma
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Affiliation Gastroenterology Unit, University Campus Bio-Medico of Rome, Rome, Italy
- Rossana Alloni
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Affiliation Surgery Unit, University Campus Bio-Medico of Rome, Rome, Italy
- Laura De Gara
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Affiliation Food Sciences and Human Nutrition Unit, University Campus Bio-Medico of Rome, Rome, Italy
- Michele Cicala
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Affiliation Gastroenterology Unit, University Campus Bio-Medico of Rome, Rome, Italy
Competing Interests
Sensus (Sensus, Roosendal, The Netherlands) provided inulin Frutafit IQ, inulin Frutafit TEX, agavins from blue agave and levans form Bacillus subtilis for this study. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: VP AA MPLG VL LDG MC. Performed the experiments: VP AA S. Cocca S. Cimini RP. Analyzed the data: VP AA S. Cocca MPLG VL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: VP AA RA. Wrote the paper: VP AA S. Cocca RP MPLG LDG MC.