Effects of a Controlled Diet and Black Tea Drinking on the Fecal Microflora Composition and the Fecal Bile Acid Profile of Human Volunteers in a Double-Blinded Randomized Feeding Study

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 473-478

  Mai, Volker ^a   Katki, Hormuzd A ^b   Harmsen, Hermie ^c   Gallaher, Daniel ^d   Schatzkin, Arthur ^b   Baer, David J ^e   Clevidence, Beverly ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^e BELTSVILLE HUMAN NUTRITION RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Black tea; DGGE; Diet; Fecal microflora; FISH; Human

Indexed keywords

BILE ACID; LIPID;

BACTERIUM DETECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DIETARY INTAKE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FECES MICROFLORA; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; INTESTINE FLORA; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; NORMAL HUMAN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TEA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAMELLIA SINENSIS;

EID: 0942268819     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/134.2.473     Document Type: Conference Paper

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