Plant sterols and human gut microbiota relationship: An in vitro colonic fermentation study

Due to the preventive effect that plant sterols could have in relation to colon cancer and the scarce information available on plant sterols-gut microbiota interaction, we evaluate the sterols influence upon gut microbiota and viceversa. In vitro colonic fermentation using a residue from the in vitr...

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Main Authors: María Cuevas-Tena, Eva María Gómez del Pulgar, Alfonso Benítez-Páez, Yolanda Sanz, Amparo Alegría, María Jesús Lagarda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-05-01
Series:Journal of Functional Foods
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1756464618301099