Gnotobiotic rats harboring human intestinal microbiota as a model for studying cholesterol-to-coprostanol conversion
Open Access
- 1 March 2004
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in FEMS Microbiology Ecology
- Vol. 47 (3), 337-343
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0168-6496(03)00285-x
Abstract
The efficiency of microbial reduction of cholesterol to coprostanol in human gut is highly variable among population and mechanisms remain unexploredKeywords
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