Dietary allicin reduces transformation of L-carnitine to TMAO through impact on gut microbiota
Trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO) was recently discovered as a novel and independent risk factor for promoting atherosclerosis while it has been found to be generated from dietary carnitine through metabolism of gut microbiota for decades. Antibiotics were found to successfully inhibit the pathway of gu...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2015-05-01
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| Series: | Journal of Functional Foods |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1756464615001735 |