A carvacrol-thymol blend decreased intestinal oxidative stress and influenced selected microbes without changing the messenger RNA levels of tight junction proteins in jejunal mucosa of weaning piglets

Animal

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 193-201

  Wei, H K ^a,b   Xue, H X ^a,b   Zhou, Z X ^a,b   Peng, J ^a,b  

^a HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b THE COOPERATIVE INNOVATION CENTER FOR SUSTAINABLE PIG PRODUCTION   (China)

Author keywords

carvacrol; intestinal barrier; oxidative stress; thymol; weaning

Indexed keywords

CARVACROL; CYTOKINE; MESSENGER RNA; TERPENE; THYMOL; TIGHT JUNCTION PROTEIN;

ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; CHEMISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; DRUG EFFECTS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; INTESTINE MUCOSA; JEJUNUM; LACTOBACILLUS; METABOLISM; MICROFLORA; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PIG; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VETERINARY;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; CYTOKINES; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; JEJUNUM; LACTOBACILLUS; MICROBIOTA; MONOTERPENES; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RNA, MESSENGER; SWINE; THYMOL; TIGHT JUNCTION PROTEINS;

EID: 84978511527     PISSN: 17517311     EISSN: 1751732X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1751731116001397     Document Type: Article

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