Uncooked Taiwanese yam (Dioscorea alata L. cv. Tainung No. 2) beneficially modulated the large bowel function and faecal microflora in BALB/c mice

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 87, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1374-1380

  Wang, Cheng Hsin ^a   Tsai, Chung Hung ^b   Lin, Hui Ju ^b   Wang, Tse Cheng ^a   Chen, Hsiao Ling ^b  

^a PROVIDENCE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bowel function; Crypt; Dioscorea alata; Microflora; Proliferation; Short chain fatty acid

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; DIOSCOREA ALATA; MUS;

EID: 34248146569     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: 10970010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.2867     Document Type: Article

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