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ArticleFrontiers in nutrition2022

Arbutin improves gut development and serum lipids

Jie Ma, Shuai Chen, Yuying Li, Xin Wu, Zehe Song

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Article in Frontiers in nutrition, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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5 authors.

Jie MaAnimal Nutritional Genome and Germplasm Innovation Research Center, College of Animal Science and Technology, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, China.
Shuai ChenKey Laboratory of Systems Health Science of Zhejiang Province, School of Life Sciences, Hangzhou Institute for Advanced Study, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hangzhou, China.
Yuying LiInstitute of Bast Fiber Crops, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Changsha, China.
Xin WuAnimal Nutritional Genome and Germplasm Innovation Research Center, College of Animal Science and Technology, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, China.
Zehe SongAnimal Nutritional Genome and Germplasm Innovation Research Center, College of Animal Science and Technology, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, China.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Arbutin has been widely studied in whitening, anti-inflammatory, and antioxidant. However, the interaction between arbutin and intestinal microbes has been rarely studied. Thus, mice were treated with arbutin concentrations of 0, 0.1, 0.2, 0.4, and 1 mg/ml. We found that arbutin promoted gut development such as villus length, villus areas, and villus length/crypt depth (L/D). Total cholesterol (TC), high-density lipoprotein (HDL), and low-density lipoprotein (LDL) were significantly reduced by low concentrations of arbutin. Importantly, we analyzed the microbial composition in the control and 0.4 mg/ml arbutin group and found that the abundance of

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arbutinfecal microflora transplantationgut developmentgut microbiotaLactobacillus intestinalis

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PMCPMC9502005

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