Gut microbiota: Ganoderma lucidum, a new prebiotic agent to treat obesity?

Nature Reviews Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2015, Pages p553-

  Delzenne, Nathalie M ^a   Bindels, Laure B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; PREBIOTIC AGENT; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4; FUNGAL POLYSACCHARIDE; HERBACEOUS AGENT;

BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL GROWTH; DIETARY INTAKE; DRUG EFFECT; ENDOTOXEMIA; FAT MASS; GANODERMA LUCIDUM; GLUCOSE HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; INTESTINE FLORA; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; NOTE; OBESITY; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; SPECIES COMPOSITION; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MICROBIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; FUNGAL POLYSACCHARIDES; GASTROINTESTINAL MICROBIOME; INSULIN RESISTANCE; OBESITY; REISHI;

EID: 84942980387     PISSN: 17595045     EISSN: 17595053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrgastro.2015.137     Document Type: Note

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