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Overview

Arthur C. Ouwehand is affiliated with DuPont in the United States and has a research focus spanning biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology, medicine, as well as agricultural and biological sciences. Their body of work includes a significant interest in molecular biology, food science, nutrition and dietetics, physiology, and gastroenterology.

Their research mainly covers topics related to gut microbiota and health, probiotics and fermented foods, infant nutrition and health, microbial metabolites in food biotechnology, diet and metabolism studies, gastrointestinal motility and disorders, and infant health and development. These areas reflect a multidisciplinary approach towards understanding the complex interactions between diet, microbes, and human health.

Frequent publication venues for their work include Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Nutrients, Microorganisms, Frontiers in Microbiology, and Current Developments in Nutrition. These journals and repositories highlight a focus on microbiology, nutrition, and related biomedical sciences.

Among recent papers featuring related topics, notable examples include:

  • Criteria to Qualify Microorganisms as "Probiotic" in Foods and Dietary Supplements (2020), Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Emerging issues in probiotic safety: 2023 perspectives (2023), Gut Microbes
  • Viral Infections, the Microbiome, and Probiotics (2021), Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
  • Global analysis of clinical trials with probiotics (2020), Heliyon
  • Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease and Probiotics: A Systematic Review (2020), Nutrients

Collaborative work plays a role in their research output, with frequent coauthors including Sofia D. Forssten, Henrik Max Jensen, Johanna Hirvonen, Oliver Chen, and Marc Heyndrickx. These collaborators have contributed consistently to the development of publications in related fields.

Best Publications

  • Probiotics: an overview of beneficial effects

    Arthur C. Ouwehand;Seppo Salminen;Erika Isolauri

  • Lactobacillus acidophilus modulates intestinal pain and induces opioid and cannabinoid receptors.

    Christel Rousseaux;Xavier Thuru;Xavier Thuru;Agathe Gelot;Nicolas Barnich

  • Intestinal mucosal adherence and translocation of commensal bacteria at the early onset of type 2 diabetes: molecular mechanisms and probiotic treatment

    Jacques Amar;Chantal Chabo;Aurelie Waget;Pascale Klopp

  • Probiotics: how should they be defined?

    S Salminen;A Ouwehand;Y Benno;Y.K Lee

  • Food fermentations: Microorganisms with technological beneficial use

    François Bourdichon;Serge Casaregola;Choreh Farrokh;Jens Christian Frisvad

  • Probiotics: mechanisms and established effects.

    Arthur C. Ouwehand;Pirkka V. Kirjavainen;Colette Shortt;Seppo Salminen

  • Streptococcus mutans, caries and simulation models

    Sofia D. Forssten;Marika Björklund;Arthur C. Ouwehand

  • Immune enhancement in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) by potential probiotic bacteria (Lactobacillus rhamnosus)

    Sami Nikoskelainen;Arthur C. Ouwehand;Göran Bylund;Seppo Salminen

  • Lactic Acid Bacteria: Microbiological and Functional Aspects

    Gabriel Vinderola;Arthur C. Ouwehand;Seppo Salminen

  • The Health Effects of Cultured Milk Products with Viable and Non-viable Bacteria

    Arthur C. Ouwehand;Seppo J. Salminen

  • Probiotic effects on cold and influenza-like symptom incidence and duration in children.

    Gregory J Leyer;Shuguang Li;Mohamed E Mubasher;Cheryl Reifer

  • Human intestinal microbiota and healthy ageing

    Kirsti Tiihonen;Arthur C. Ouwehand;Nina Rautonen

  • Criteria to Qualify Microorganisms as "Probiotic" in Foods and Dietary Supplements.

    Sylvie Binda;Colin Hill;Eric Johansen;David Obis

  • Intestinal microbiota is altered in patients with colon cancer and modified by probiotic intervention

    Ashley A Hibberd;Anna Lyra;Arthur C Ouwehand;Peter Rolny

  • The role of the intestinal microflora for the development of the immune system in early childhood.

    Arthur Ouwehand;Erika Isolauri;Seppo Salminen

  • Emerging issues in probiotic safety: 2023 perspectives

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  • Displacement of bacterial pathogens from mucus and Caco-2 cell surface by lactobacilli

    Yuan-Kun Lee;Kim-Yoong Puong;Arthur C. Ouwehand;Seppo Salminen

  • Microbial-gut interactions in health and disease. Probiotics.

    Erika Isolauri;Seppo Salminen;Arthur C Ouwehand

  • The ability of probiotic bacteria to bind to human intestinal mucus

    Pirkka V Kirjavainen;Arthur C Ouwehand;Erika Isolauri;Seppo J Salminen

  • Protection of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) from furunculosis by Lactobacillus rhamnosus

    Sami Nikoskelainen;Sami Nikoskelainen;Arthur Ouwehand;Seppo Salminen;Göran Bylund

  • Characterization of the properties of human- and dairy-derived probiotics for prevention of infectious diseases in fish.

    Sami Nikoskelainen;Sami Nikoskelainen;Seppo Salminen;Göran Bylund;Arthur C. Ouwehand

  • Rousseaux C, Thuru X, Gelot A, et al. Lactobacillus acidophilus modulates intestinal pain and induces opioid and cannabinoid receptors

    Christel Rousseaux;Xavier Thuru;Agathe Gelot;Nicolas Barnich

Frequent Co-Authors

Seppo Salminen
Seppo Salminen University of Turku
Erika Isolauri
Erika Isolauri University of Turku
Robert A. Rastall
Robert A. Rastall University of Reading
Ger T. Rijkers
Ger T. Rijkers University College Roosevelt
Glenn R. Gibson
Glenn R. Gibson University of Reading
Nicolas Barnich
Nicolas Barnich University of Clermont Auvergne
Yuan Kun Lee
Yuan Kun Lee National University of Singapore
Matti Karp
Matti Karp Tampere University

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