Effect of Aloe vera whole leaf extract on short chain fatty acids production by Bacteroides fragilis, Bifidobacterium infantis and Eubacterium limosum

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 575-580

  Pogribna, M ^a   Freeman, J P ^a   Paine, D ^a   Boudreau, M D ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR TOXICOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Aloe vera; Bacteria; Intestine; Short chain fatty acids

Indexed keywords

BUTYRIC ACID; CHAINS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; PROPIONIC ACID; SATURATED FATTY ACIDS;

ALOE VERA; BACTERIAL CULTURES; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; EUBACTERIA; FATTY ACID PRODUCTIONS; INTESTINE; LEAF EXTRACTS; SHORT CHAIN FATTY ACID; SHORTER CHAINS;

BACTERIA;

ACETIC ACID; ALOE VERA EXTRACT; BUTYRIC ACID; PROPIONIC ACID; SHORT CHAIN FATTY ACID;

BACTERIA; FATTY ACIDS; GROWTH KINETICS; MASS SPECTROMETRY;

ACETIC ACID; BACTERIUM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; FATTY ACID; LEAF; PERENNIAL PLANT; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; BIFIDOBACTERIUM LONGUM INFANTIS; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EUBACTERIUM LIMOSUM; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; INCUBATION TIME; INTESTINE FLORA; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MIXED CELL CULTURE; NONHUMAN;

ALOE VERA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; BIFIDOBACTERIUM LONGUM BV. INFANTIS; EUBACTERIUM LIMOSUM;

EID: 42149151606     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2008.02346.x     Document Type: Article

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