Phenols produced by gut bacteria affect the skin in hairless mice

Microbial Ecology in Health and Disease

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 50-56

  Iizuka, Ryoko ^a   Kawakami, Koji ^a   Izawa, Naoki ^a   Chiba, Katsuyoshi ^a  

^a YAKULT CENTRAL INSTITUTE FOR MICROBIOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gnotobiotic experiment; Gut bacterial metabolites; Intestine environment; P cresol; Phenol; Skin dullness

Indexed keywords

PARA CRESOL; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TYROSINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CECUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; FEEDING; FEMALE; GNOTOBIOTICS; HAIRLESS MOUSE; INTESTINE FLORA; MORGANELLA MORGANII; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERUM; SKIN DISCOLORATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; MORGANELLA MORGANII; MUS;

EID: 67651160377     PISSN: 0891060X     EISSN: 16512235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08910600802688910     Document Type: Article

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