Human supplementation with Pediococcus acidilactici GR-1 decreases heavy metals levels through modifying the gut microbiota and metabolome

Abstract Exposure to heavy metals (HMs) is a threat to human health. Although probiotics can detoxify HMs in animals, their effectiveness and mechanism of action in humans have not been studied well. Therefore, we conducted this randomized, double-blind, controlled trial on 152 occupational workers...

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Main Authors: Pengya Feng, Jinfeng Yang, Shuai Zhao, Zhenmin Ling, Rong Han, Ying Wu, Ei-Sayed Salama, Apurva Kakade, Aman Khan, Weilin Jin, Weibing Zhang, Byong-Hun Jeon, Jingjing Fan, Minrui Liu, Tursunay Mamtimin, Pu Liu, Xiangkai Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-08-01
Series:npj Biofilms and Microbiomes
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41522-022-00326-8