Vitamins for the Gut Microbiome

Robert E Steinert; Yuan-Kun Lee; Wilbert Sybesma

doi:10.1016/j.molmed.2019.11.005

Vitamins for the Gut Microbiome

Trends Mol Med. 2020 Feb;26(2):137-140. doi: 10.1016/j.molmed.2019.11.005. Epub 2019 Dec 17.

Authors

Robert E Steinert¹, Yuan-Kun Lee², Wilbert Sybesma³

Affiliations

¹ Human Nutrition and Health, DSM Nutritional Products Ltd, Basel, Switzerland; Department of Surgery, Division of Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, University Hospital Zürich, 8091 Zürich, Switzerland.
² Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Department of Surgery, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, 5 Science Drive 2, 117597, Singapore.
³ Human Nutrition and Health, DSM Nutritional Products Ltd, Basel, Switzerland; Yoba for Life Foundation, Hunzestraat 133-A, 1079 WB Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Electronic address: wilbert.sybesma@gmail.com.

PMID: 31862244
DOI: 10.1016/j.molmed.2019.11.005

Abstract

A main target in microbiome research is the understanding and ability to safely and effectively modulate the microbiome to improve health. Hereto, we discuss the role of vitamins in relation to the gut microbiome and present a rationale for the modulation of gut microbial communities via selected systemic and colon-targeted vitamin administration.

Keywords: colon-targeted delivery systems; gut microbiome; vitamins.

MeSH terms

Animals
Colon / microbiology
Gastrointestinal Microbiome / drug effects*
Humans
Microbiota / drug effects*
Vitamins / administration & dosage*

Substances

Vitamins