Theabrownin from Pu-erh tea attenuates hypercholesterolemia via modulation of gut microbiota and bile acid metabolism
oleh: Fengjie Huang, Xiaojiao Zheng, Xiaohui Ma, Runqiu Jiang, Wangyi Zhou, Shuiping Zhou, Yunjing Zhang, Sha Lei, Shouli Wang, Junliang Kuang, Xiaolong Han, Meilin Wei, Yijun You, Mengci Li, Yitao Li, Dandan Liang, Jiajian Liu, Tianlu Chen, Chao Yan, Runmin Wei, Cynthia Rajani, Chengxing Shen, Guoxiang Xie, Zhaoxiang Bian, Houkai Li, Aihua Zhao, Wei Jia
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| Diterbitkan: | Nature Portfolio 2019-10-01 |
Deskripsi
Pu-erh tea displays cholesterol-lowering properties. Here, Huang et al. show that this is mostly due to the action of a pigment in Pu-erh tea that induces changes in certain gut microbiota and bile acid levels, thus modulating the gut-liver metabolic axis.