Iron depletion and repletion with ferrous sulfate or electrolytic iron modifies the composition and metabolic activity of the gut microbiota in rats

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 142, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 271-277

  Dostal, Alexandra ^a   Chassard, Christophe ^a   Hilty, Florentine M ^a   Zimmermann, Michael B ^a,b   Jaeggi, Tanja ^a   Rossi, Samuela ^a   Lacroix, Christophe ^a  

^a Institute of Food   (Switzerland)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUTYRIC ACID; ELECTROLYTIC IRON; FERROUS SULFATE; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; PROPIONIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FECES ANALYSIS; FOOD INTAKE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INTESTINE FLORA; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON DEPLETION; IRON THERAPY; LACTOBACILLACEAE; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NEUTROPHIL CHEMOTAXIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RAT; ROSEBURIA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TISSUE METABOLISM;

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BODY WEIGHT; CECUM; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; COLON; DIET; FECES; FERROUS COMPOUNDS; HEMOGLOBINS; IRON; IRON, DIETARY; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; RATTUS; ROSEBURIA;

EID: 84858256920     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.111.148643     Document Type: Article

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