The influence of pomegranate by-product and punicalagins on selected groups of human intestinal microbiota

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 140, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 175-182

  Bialonska, Dobroslawa ^a,d   Ramnani, Priya ^c   Kasimsetty, Sashi G ^a   Muntha, Kesava R ^a   Gibson, Glenn R ^c   Ferreira, Daneel ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^d JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Human gut microbiota; Pomegranate by product (POMx); Punicalagins; Short chain fatty acids; Urolithins

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; BUTYRIC ACID; ELLAGIC ACID; ELLAGITANNIN; GALLIC ACID; GLUCOSE; PHENAZINE DERIVATIVE; PROPIONIC ACID; PUNICALAGIN; SHORT CHAIN FATTY ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UROLITHIN A; UROLITHIN C; UROLITHIN D; PLANT EXTRACT; TANNIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; BATCH FERMENTATION; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM COCCOIDES; CLOSTRIDIUM HYSTOLITICUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG STRUCTURE; EUBACTERIUM; EUBACTERIUM RECTALE; INTESTINE FLORA; LACTOBACILLUS; NONHUMAN; POMEGRANATE; BACTERIA; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; INTESTINE; LYTHRACEAE; MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIA; HUMANS; HYDROLYZABLE TANNINS; INTESTINES; PLANT EXTRACTS; PUNICACEAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM COCCOIDES; EUBACTERIUM RECTALE; LACTOBACILLUS; LYTHRACEAE;

EID: 77953122894     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2010.03.038     Document Type: Article

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