Betaine Improves Intestinal Functions by Enhancing Digestive Enzymes, Ameliorating Intestinal Morphology, and Enriching Intestinal Microbiota in High-salt stressed Rats

Intestinal Microbiota in Digestive Diseases.

BACKGROUND In recent years, especially after the development of sophisticated metagenomic studies, research on the intestinal microbiota has increased, radically transforming our knowledge about the microbiome and its association with health maintenance and disease development in humans. Increasing evidence has shown that a permanent alteration in microbiota composition or function (dysbiosis) ...

Interaction between Intestinal Microbiota and Serotonin Metabolism

Gut microbiota regulates the production of signaling molecules, such as serotonin or 5-Hydroxytryptamine: 5-HT in the host. Serotonin is a biogenic amine that acts as a neurotransmitter in the gut and brain. There is a perfect interaction between human gastrointestinal microbiota and the serotonin system. The gut microbiota plays an important role in the serotonin signaling pathways through the...

Beneficial Functions of Intestinal Microbiota

Effects of Lactococcus lactis and Weissella cibaria as probiotic on growth performance, intestinal bacterial flora, digestive enzymes and intestinal histology in common carp (Cyprinus carpio)

The aim of the present study was to investigate the effect of Lactococcus lactis and Weissella cibaria probiotics on growth performance, intestinal bacterial flora, digestive enzymes and intestinal histology in common carp (Cyprinus carpio). Fish with an average initial weight of 17 g were divided into 10 treatments with 3 replications. Fish food in treatments 1, 2 and 3 were supplemented with ...

Intestinal microbiota: Development, metabolism and functions

Shengping Wang 1, François Blachier 2, Feng Zhao 3 and Yulong Yin 1* 1 Research Center for Healthy Breeding of Livestock and Poultry, Hunan Engineering and Research Center of Animal Science and Key Laboratory for Agro-ecological Processes in Subtropical Region, Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, 410125 Hunan, China. 2 USC 914 INRA/AgroParisTech, Nutrition Phy...