Feeding human milk to rats increases Bifidobacterium in the cecum and colon which correlates with enhanced folate status

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 126, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1505-1511

  Krause, Linda J ^a   Forsberg, Cecil W ^a   O'Connor, Deborah L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b ABBOTT LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Bifidobacterium; folate; microflora; milk; rats

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREAST MILK; CECUM; COLON FLORA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; LACTOBACILLUS BIFIDUS; NONHUMAN; RAT;

EID: 0029921703     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/126.5.1505     Document Type: Article

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