Eggs as a dietary source for gut microbial production of trimethylamine-N-oxide

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 741-743

  Hazen, Stanley L ^a   Brown, J Mark ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACYLCARNITINE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CARNITINE; CHOLINE; GLYCEROPHOSPHORYLCHOLINE; LIVER ENZYME; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PHOSPHORYLCHOLINE; SPHINGOMYELIN; TRIMETHYLAMINE; TRIMETHYLAMINE OXIDE; METHYLAMINE; TRIMETHYLOXAMINE;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BILE ACID SYNTHESIS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL TRANSPORT; EDITORIAL; EGG; EGG YOLK; HUMAN; INTESTINE FLORA; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); STEROL METABOLISM; BLOOD; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; MALE; UPREGULATION;

CHOLINE; EGGS; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; METHYLAMINES; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 84907353703     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.114.094458     Document Type: Editorial

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