Colonic absorption of low-molecular-weight metabolites influenced by the intestinal microbiome: A pilot study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Matsumoto, Mitsuharu ^a,b   Ooga, Takushi ^c   Kibe, Ryoko ^b,e   Aiba, Yuji ^d   Koga, Yasuhiro ^d   Benno, Yoshimi ^b  

^a Nishitama gun   (Japan)

^b RIKEN   (Japan)

^c Keio University and Human Metabolome Technologies Inc   (Japan)

^d TOKAI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e NIPPON VETERINARY AND LIFE SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS; CELL TRANSPORT; COLON ABSORPTION; COLON CELL; FECES; LIVER METABOLISM; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; METABOLITE; METABOLOMICS; MICROBIOME; PILOT STUDY; SYSTEMIC CIRCULATION; TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; VASCULARIZATION; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; COLON; GERMFREE ANIMAL; INTESTINE FLORA; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUSE;

ANIMALS; COLON; ELECTROPHORESIS, CAPILLARY; FECES; GASTROINTESTINAL MICROBIOME; GERM-FREE LIFE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLOMICS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PILOT PROJECTS;

EID: 85010950631     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0169207     Document Type: Article

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