Food additives, contaminants and other minor components: effects on human gut microbiota—a review

Journal of Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 69-83

  Roca Saavedra, Paula ^a   Mendez Vilabrille, Veronica ^a   Miranda, Jose Manuel ^a   Nebot, Carolina ^a   Cardelle Cobas, Alejandra ^a   Franco, Carlos M ^a   Cepeda, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Bacteroidetes; Dietary emulsifier; Firmicutes; Food additive; Gut microbiota; Non nutritive sweetener; Proteobacteria

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PREBIOTIC AGENT; PROBIOTIC AGENT; SYNBIOTIC AGENT; DRUG RESIDUE; FOOD ADDITIVE; PESTICIDE RESIDUE;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BACTEROIDETES; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; DRUG EFFECT; FIRMICUTES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD POISONING; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INTESTINE FLORA; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; ANIMAL; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIETARY EXPOSURE; DYSBIOSIS; GLOBAL HEALTH; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POLLUTANT; TOXICITY; TOXICOKINETICS; WESTERN DIET;

ANIMALS; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIET; DIET, WESTERN; DIETARY EXPOSURE; DRUG RESIDUES; DYSBIOSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FOOD ADDITIVES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GASTROINTESTINAL MICROBIOME; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; PESTICIDE RESIDUES; TOXICOKINETICS;

EID: 85019106450     PISSN: 11387548     EISSN: 18778755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13105-017-0564-2     Document Type: Review

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