Lactobacillus Feeding Reduces Endotoxemia and Severity of Experimental Alcoholic Liver (Disease)

Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine

Volumn 205, Issue 3, 1994, Pages 243-247

  Nanji, Amin A ^a   Khettry, Urmila ^a   Sadrzadeh, S M Hossein ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CORN OIL; ENDOTOXIN;

ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOTOXEMIA; FEEDING; INTESTINE FLORA; LACTOBACILLUS; LIVER HISTOLOGY; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT;

ANIMAL; DIET; ENDOTOXINS; ETHANOL; LACTOBACILLUS; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES, ALCOHOLIC; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0028220726     PISSN: 00379727     EISSN: 15353699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3181/00379727-205-43703     Document Type: Article

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