Low levels of faecal lactobacilli in women with iron-deficiency anaemia in south India

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 104, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 931-934

  Balamurugan, Ramadass ^a   Mary, R Regina ^a   Chittaranjan, Sucharita ^a   Jancy, Hepsiba ^a   Shobana Devi, R ^a   Ramakrishna, Balakrishnan S ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Ecology; Intestine; Iron deficiency anaemia; Microbiota; Mineral absorption

Indexed keywords

DNA 16S; BACTERIAL DNA; HEMOGLOBIN; RNA 16S;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTEROIDES; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CALORIC INTAKE; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM LEPTUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DAIRY PRODUCT; DIETARY FIBER; DIETARY INTAKE; DNA SEQUENCE; EUBACTERIUM; EUBACTERIUM RECTALE; FECES ANALYSIS; FECES LEVEL; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INDIA; INTESTINE FLORA; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; MILK; PORPHYROMONAS; PREVOTELLA; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ADOLESCENT; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM; COLON; DIET; FECES; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MEDICAL RECORD; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDES; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM LEPTUM; EUBACTERIUM RECTALE; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; PORPHYROMONAS; PREVOTELLA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BACTERIA; COLON; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DIET; DIET RECORDS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FECES; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INDIA; LACTOBACILLUS; REFERENCE VALUES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957891944     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114510001637     Document Type: Article

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