Influence of butyric and lactic acids on the β-glucuronidase activity of Clostridium perfringens

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 123-125

  Fujisawa, T ^a,b   Aikawa, K ^a,b   Takahashi, T ^a,b   Yamai, S ^a,b   Watanabe, K ^a,b   Kubota, Y ^a,b   Miyaoka, M ^a,b  

^a KANAGAWA PREFECTURAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUTYRIC ACID; CLOSTRIDIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY;

CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; ENHANCED ENZYME ACTIVITY; GLUCURONIDASE; HIGH-FAT-DIET; INTACT CELLS; INTESTINAL BACTERIA; SODIUM DEOXYCHOLATE;

LACTIC ACID;

BETA GLUCURONIDASE; BUTYRIC ACID; CARBOXYLIC ACID; DEOXYCHOLATE SODIUM; LACTIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL ACTIVITY; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; INTESTINE FLORA; LIPID DIET; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALIA; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0035104286     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1472-765X.2001.00847.x     Document Type: Article

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