Synergy of Dietary Quercetin and Vitamin E Improves Cecal Microbiota and Its Metabolite Profile in Aged Breeder Hens

In the present study, the synergistic effects of quercetin (Q) and vitamin E (E) on cecal microbiota composition and function, as well as the microbial metabolic profile in aged breeder hens were investigated. A total of 400 (65 weeks old) Tianfu breeder hens were randomly allotted to four experimen...

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Main Authors: Felix Kwame Amevor, Zhifu Cui, Xiaxia Du, Jing Feng, Gang Shu, Zifan Ning, Dan Xu, Xun Deng, Weizhen Song, Youhao Wu, Xueqing Cao, Shuo Wei, Juan He, Fanli Kong, Xiaohui Du, Yaofu Tian, Benjamin Karikari, Diyan Li, Yan Wang, Yao Zhang, Qing Zhu, Xiaoling Zhao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2022.851459/full