Probiotics in gnotobiotic mice: Conversion of cholesterol to coprostanol in vitro and in vivo and bile acid deconjugation in vitro

Microbial Ecology in Health and Disease

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 219-224

  Cardona, M E ^a   De V Vanay, V ^a,b   Midtvedt, T ^a   Norin, K E ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bile acid; Cholesterol; Coprostanol; Germfree; Glycodeoxycholic acid; Monoassociated; Probiotics; Taurodeoxycholic acid

Indexed keywords

BILE ACID; CHOLESTEROL; COPROSTEROL; GLYCODEOXYCHOLIC ACID; PROBIOTIC AGENT; TAURODEOXYCHOLIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; BILE ACID METABOLISM; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL METABOLISM; CONJUGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS; FEMALE; GERMFREE ANIMAL; GNOTOBIOTICS; HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIA; INTESTINE FLORA; LACTOBACILLUS; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS;

ANIMALIA; BIFIDOBACTERIUM BIFIDUM; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; LACTOBACILLUS FERMENTUM; LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM; LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 0034508376     PISSN: 0891060X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08910600050216200     Document Type: Article

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