Dietary polysaccharides in the management of inflammatory bowel disease: recent advances (opens in new tab)

The increasing global burden of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) has renewed awareness of the limitations and adverse effects of conventional pharmacotherapies, highlighting the need for safe, naturally derived, and mechanistically precise interventions. This review summarizes current understanding of IBD pathogenesis and the biological activities of dietary polysaccharides, with particular emphasis on their diverse protective functions in the gut. Robust preclinical evidence indicates that d...