Detection of an abundant plant-based small RNA in healthy consumers

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2015, Pages

  Yang, Jian ^a   Farmer, Lisa M ^a   Agyekum, Abia A A ^a   Elbaz Younes, Ismail ^a   Hirschi, Kendal D ^a,b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGONAUTE 2 PROTEIN; CHAMOMILE; MICRORNA; MICRORNA 16; MICRORNA 2911; PLANT RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; AMINO ACID URINE LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLUE MALLOW; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FLOWER; GINSENG; INTESTINE ABSORPTION; INTESTINE MUCOSA PERMEABILITY; LONICERA; MALE; MALVA; MICROBIOME; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; RNA ANALYSIS; SOPHORA; ANIMAL; GENETICS; INTESTINE; INTESTINE FLORA; METABOLISM; PERMEABILITY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; GASTROINTESTINAL MICROBIOME; INTESTINES; LONICERA; MICE; MICRORNAS; PERMEABILITY; RNA, PLANT;

EID: 84947483887     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0137516     Document Type: Article

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