Dietary benzoic acid supplementation attenuates enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli K88-induced inflammation response and intestinal barrier dysfunction associated with gut microbiota modulation in newly-weaned mice

This study aimed to investigate the impact of benzoic acid (BA) on inflammation response, intestinal barrier dysfunction, and gut microbiota in newly-weaned mice infected with enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli K88 (ETEC K88). A sum of thirty newly-weaned BALB/c mice were assigned to five groups, incl...

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Main Authors: Jun Chen, Jinyong Chen, Xuena Jia, Youjun Hu, Xiaonan Zhao, Jinming You, Tiande Zou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2024-02-01
Series:Journal of Functional Foods
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S175646462400046X