Effects of almond and pistachio consumption on gut microbiota composition in a randomised cross-over human feeding study

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 111, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 2146-2152

  Ukhanova, Maria ^a   Wang, Xiaoyu ^a   Baer, David J ^b   Novotny, Janet A ^b   Fredborg, Marlene ^a,c   Mai, Volker ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BELTSVILLE HUMAN NUTRITION RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Commensal microbiota; Diet; Flora; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER; RNA 16S; BUTYRIC ACID;

ALMOND; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM; DIETARY FIBER; DIETARY INTAKE; FECES ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM; INTESTINE FLORA; LACTIC ACID BACTERIUM; LARGE INTESTINE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PISTACHIO; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; FUNGUS; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PYROSEQUENCING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

PISTACIA VERA; PRUNUS DULCIS;

BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; FECES; FUNCTIONAL FOOD; FUNGI; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HUMANS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; INTESTINES; LACTOBACILLALES; MARYLAND; MOLECULAR TYPING; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; NUTS; PISTACIA; PREBIOTICS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRUNUS;

EID: 84901247357     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114514000385     Document Type: Article

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