Yacon flour and bifidobacterium longum modulate bone health in rats

Journal of Medicinal Food

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 664-670

  Rodrigues, Fabiana Carvalho ^a   Castro, Adriano Simões Barbosa ^a   Rodrigues, Vívian Carolina ^a   Fernandes, Sérgio Antônio ^a   Fontes, Edimar Aparecida Filomeno ^a   De Oliveira, Tĝnia Toledo ^a   Martino, Hércia Stampini Duarte ^a   De Luces Fortes Ferreira, Célia Lúcia ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bifidobacteria; fructooligosaccharides (FOS); prebiotic

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; MAGNESIUM; PHOSPHORUS; PROBIOTIC AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIFIDOBACTERIUM LONGUM; BIOMECHANICS; BONE; BONE LENGTH; BONE STRENGTH; BONE THICKNESS; CECUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOUR; FOOD INTAKE; FRACTURE; LIVER FUNCTION; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TIBIA; WEIGHT GAIN; YACON FLOUR;

ANIMALS; ASTERACEAE; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; BONE DENSITY; CALCIUM; CECUM; FRACTURES, BONE; FRUCTOSE; MAGNESIUM; MALE; MINERALS; OLIGOSACCHARIDES; ORGAN SIZE; OSTEOPOROSIS; PHOSPHORUS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT PREPARATIONS; PLANT TUBERS; PREBIOTICS; PROBIOTICS; PROPIONIC ACIDS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SYNBIOTICS; TIBIA;

BIFIDOBACTERIUM LONGUM; POLYMNIA SONCHIFOLIA; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 84864068388     PISSN: 1096620X     EISSN: 15577600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jmf.2011.0296     Document Type: Article

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