Effects of Lactobacillus acidophilus on gut microflora metabolic biomarkers in fed and fasted rats

Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 318-324

  Mountzouris, Konstantinos C ^a   Kotzampassi, Katerina ^b   Tsirtsikos, Panagiotis ^a   Kapoutzis, Konstantinos ^b   Fegeros, Konstantinos ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Enzymes; Fasting; Fermentation; Microflora; Probiotics; Rats

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ALPHA GALACTOSIDASE; ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE; ARYLSULFATASE; AZO REDUCTASE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; BETA GLUCOSIDASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; BUTYRIC ACID; GLYCOCHOLIC ACID; HYDROLASE; PROBIOTIC AGENT; VOLATILE FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CECUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEEDING; FERMENTATION; INTESTINE FLORA; INTESTINE FUNCTION; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; MALE; MICROBIAL METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; RAT; REFEEDING; WISTAR RAT;

ALPHA-GALACTOSIDASE; ALPHA-GLUCOSIDASES; AMIDOHYDROLASES; ANIMALS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; BETA-GLUCOSIDASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CECUM; COLON; FASTING; FATTY ACIDS, VOLATILE; FERMENTATION; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; MALE; NADH, NADPH OXIDOREDUCTASES; PROBIOTICS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 67349281229     PISSN: 02615614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clnu.2009.01.009     Document Type: Article

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