Consumption of antimicrobial manuka honey does not significantly perturb the microbiota in the hind gut of mice
The aim of this study was to test the hypothesis that consuming manuka honey, which contains antimicrobial methylglyoxal, may affect the gut microbiota. We undertook a mouse feeding study to investigate whether dietary manuka honey supplementation altered microbial numbers and their production of or...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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PeerJ Inc.
2016-12-01
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Series: | PeerJ |
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Online Access: | https://peerj.com/articles/2787.pdf |