The artificial sweetener acesulfame potassium affects the gut microbiome and body weight gain in CD-1 mice

PLoS ONE

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2017, Pages

  Bian, Xiaoming ^a   Chi, Liang ^b   Gao, Bei ^a   Tu, Pengcheng ^b   Ru, Hongyu ^c   Lu, Kun ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACESULFAME; RNA 16S; ACETOSULFAME; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; SWEETENING AGENT; THIAZINE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CD-1 NUDE MOUSE; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; INTESTINE FLORA; MALE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METABOLOMICS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PATHOGENESIS; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; WEIGHT GAIN; ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL MICROBIOME; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MALE; METABOLOMICS; MICE; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEX FACTORS; SWEETENING AGENTS; THIAZINES; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 85020462908     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0178426     Document Type: Article

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