Structural changes of gut microbiota during berberine-mediated prevention of obesity and insulin resistance in high-fat diet-fed rats

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Zhang, Xu ^a   Zhao, Yufeng ^b   Zhang, Menghui ^a   Pang, Xiaoyan ^a   Xu, Jia ^a   Kang, Chaoying ^b   Li, Meng ^b   Zhang, Chenhong ^a   Zhang, Zhiguo ^c   Zhang, Yifei ^c   Li, Xiaoying ^c   Ning, Guang ^c   Zhao, Liping ^a,b  

^a Shanghai Jiao Tong University   (China)

^b Shanghai Jiao Tong University   (China)

^c SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIPONECTIN; BERBERINE; LEPTIN; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE BINDING PROTEIN; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; RNA 16S;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTEROIDES; BODY FAT; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; FIRMICUTES; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INTESTINE FLORA; LIPID DIET; MALE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEOBACTERIA; PYROSEQUENCING; RAT; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADIPOSITY; ANIMALS; BERBERINE; DIET, HIGH-FAT; FATTY ACIDS, VOLATILE; FECES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; INFLAMMATION; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MALE; METAGENOME; OBESITY; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; WEIGHT GAIN;

ALLOBACULUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COPTIS CHINENSIS; OTUS; RATTUS;

EID: 84864560961     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0042529     Document Type: Article

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