Effects of ingestion of a green seaweed, Ulva lactuca, upon caecal and colonic mucosas in the germ-free rat and in the heteroxenic rat harbouring a human bacterial flora

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 727-732

  Meslin, Jean Claude ^a   Andrieux, Claude ^a   Hibert, Anne ^a   Bensaada, Martine ^a   Szylit, Odette ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Hindgut; Morphometry; Mucosa; Mucus; Rat; Seaweed

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; CECUM; COLON; DIET; HUMAN; INTESTINE FLORA; MITOSIS; MORPHOMETRICS; MUCIN; MUCOSA; PH; RAT; SULFIDE; ULVA LACTUCA;

EID: 0032933948     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0010(199904)79:5<727::AID-JSFA243>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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