“Metformin-resistant” folic acid producing probiotics or folic acid against metformin's adverse effects like diarrhea

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 106, Issue , 2017, Pages 33-34

  Olgun, Abdullah ^a  

^a ALTINBAS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; METFORMIN; PROBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; COLON FLORA; DIARRHEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC PROCEDURES; HUMAN; INTESTINE FLORA; LIFESPAN; MICROBIOME; NONHUMAN; STOMACH ACID; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; DIRECTED MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; DRUG EFFECT; METABOLISM; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIARRHEA; DIRECTED MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; FOLIC ACID; GASTROINTESTINAL MICROBIOME; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; METFORMIN; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROBIOTICS;

EID: 85022342705     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: 15322777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2017.07.009     Document Type: Article

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