Table 4.

Examples of prebiotics and synbiotics used in human nutrition [134,145,146].

Human Nutrition
Prebiotics	Synbiotics
FOS GOS Inulin XOS Lactitol Lactosucrose Lactulose Soy oligosaccharides TOS	Lactobacillus genus bacteria + inulin Lactobacillus, Streptococcus and Bifidobacterium genus bacteria + FOS Lactobacillus, Bifidobacterium, Enterococcus genus bacteria + FOS Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium genus bacteria + oligofructose Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium genus bacteria + inulin

Abbreviations: FOS—fructooligosaccharides; GOS—galactooligosaccharides; TOS—transgalactooligosaccharides; XOS—xylooligosaccharides.