prebiotic

adj

1. (not-comparable)Before the advent of life.

   “There are three compelling reasons that suggest that the first set of prebiotic coding sequences to be translated were repeats of base oligomers, the numbers of bases in oligomeric units not being multiples of three.”

   “As a result, studies of uncoded peptide bond formation are founded in using NCAs as substrates (even when obtained as the reactive species of the non-prebiotic CDI activation) for mimicking prebiotic processes.”

   “The chemistry of cyanoacetylene, HC₃N, can lead in aqueous solution to the prebiotic synthesis of pyrimidines.”

   “The amino acids which were formed through prebiotic reactions were surely chiral.”

   “Home to 51 moons, including the prebiotic moon Anafiel, Dumah is a standard hydrogen-helium gas giant with violent surface winds exceeding 1,900 kph.”

2. (not-comparable)Of a food, not digestible, but beneficial.

   “The table below includes plant foods we consider to be prebiotic “stars” since they are the foods listed in the scientific literature as sources of prebiotics.”

   “Evidence of the prebiotic properties of polydextrose (PDX), resistant maltodextrin (RMD), and other soluble fiber sources are slowly emerging, but the body of evidence is small compared to the gold standard of fructo oligosaccharides (FOS) and inulin.”

   “Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from the University of Reading, “The ability to mediate a prebiotic modulation of gut microbiota has recently been suggested to have an inverse correlation with risk of cardiometabolic disease..."”

   “A growing body of evidence from in vitro, animal, and human studies suggests that the microbes in the gut are also reactive to coffee, and that coffee has prebiotic-like effects on the gut microbiome.”

noun

1. (in-plural)A substance in food that is hard to digest and promotes the growth of beneficial intestinal microorganisms.

   “The table below includes plant foods we consider to be prebiotic “stars” since they are the foods listed in the scientific literature as sources of prebiotics.”

   “Prebiotics are nowhere near as well researched as probiotics, although there are already some sound results pertaining to how they work.”