Inclusion of konjac flour in the gestation diet changes the gut microbiota, alleviates oxidative stress, and improves insulin sensitivity in sows

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 82, Issue 19, 2016, Pages 5899-5909

  Tan, Chengquan ^a   Wei, Hongkui ^a   Ao, Jiangtao ^a   Long, Guang ^a   Peng, Jian ^a,b  

^a HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY FLUIDS; FATTY ACIDS; METABOLISM; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; RNA;

16S RRNA GENE SEQUENCING; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HOMEOSTASIS MODEL ASSESSMENTS; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; MICROBIAL COMPOSITION; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SERUM CONCENTRATION;

INSULIN;

BACTERIUM; DIET; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HOMEOSTASIS; METABOLISM; MICROORGANISM; MONOCOTYLEDON; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SERUM;

AKKERMANSIA; ROSEBURIA;

CYTOKINE; FATTY ACID; VOLATILE FATTY ACID;

AMORPHOPHALLUS; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; FEMALE; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; HOMEOSTASIS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INTESTINE FLORA; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PIG; PREGNANCY; VETERINARY;

AMORPHOPHALLUS; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; CYTOKINES; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FATTY ACIDS, NONESTERIFIED; FATTY ACIDS, VOLATILE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL MICROBIOME; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; HOMEOSTASIS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PREGNANCY; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 84987915640     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01374-16     Document Type: Article

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