Flavanol-enriched cocoa powder alters the intestinal microbiota, tissue and fluid metabolite profiles, and intestinal gene expression in pigs

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 146, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 673-680

  Jang, Saebyeol ^a   Sun, Jianghao ^a   Chen, Pei ^a   Lakshman, Sukla ^a   Molokin, Aleksey ^a   Harnly, James M ^a   Vinyard, Bryan T ^a   Urban, Joseph F ^a   Davis, Cindy D ^b   Solano Aguilar, Gloria ^a  

^a BELTSVILLE HUMAN NUTRITION RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cocoa flavanols; Gut microbiota; Metabolites; Porcine model; Toll like receptors

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXYPHENYLPROPIONIC ACID; FLAVANOL DERIVATIVE; GLUCURONIDE; O METHYL EPICATECHIN GLUCURONIDE; PHENYLPROPIONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 3-HYDROXYPHENYLPROPIONIC ACID; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CATECHIN; EPICATECHIN-GLUCURONIDE; FLAVAN-3-OL; FLAVONOID; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; POLYPHENOL; PROPIONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 9;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASCENDING COLON; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CACAO; FECES; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNE STATUS; INTESTINAL GENE EXPRESSION; INTESTINAL TISSUE; INTESTINE FLORA; ISOMER; LACTOBACILLUS; LIQUID; LIVER; MALE; MESENTERY LYMPH NODE; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; PEYER PATCH; POWDER; SERUM; URINE; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; CHEMISTRY; CHOCOLATE; DOSE RESPONSE; GENETICS; INTESTINE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PIG;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; BIOMARKERS; BODY WEIGHT; CATECHIN; CHOCOLATE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FECES; FLAVONOIDS; GASTROINTESTINAL MICROBIOME; GENE EXPRESSION; GLUCURONIDES; INTESTINES; LACTOBACILLUS; MALE; PEYER'S PATCHES; PHENOLS; POLYPHENOLS; PROPIONATES; SWINE; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 9;

EID: 84963864189     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.115.222968     Document Type: Article

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