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Effect of gluten-free diet on microbes in the colon

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The effect of gluten-free diet (GFD) and chitosan was evaluated in healthy individuals; GFD remarkably influenced the structure of the gut bacterial population and its metabolism. Administration of GFD and chitosan (3 g daily) significantly changed composition and metabolism of the bacterial population. Chitosan stimulated the counts of fecal chitinolytic bacteria and decreased the body mass of treated persons.

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  1. Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, 142 20, Prague, Czechia

    J. Kopečný, J. Mrázek & K. Fliegerová

  2. Institute of Animal Production, 100 00, Prague, Czechia

    T. Kott

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Correspondence to J. Kopečný.

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This work was supported by theGrant Agency of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (project no. GA AV ČR 1QS 500 200 572),Ministry of Agriculture of the Czech Republic (MZE 0002 701 401),6th Framework Program (European Community COOP CT 2004 508421) andInstitutional Research Project of theInstitute of Animal Physiology and Genetics (no. AV 0Z 5045 0515).

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Kopečný, J., Mrázek, J., Fliegerová, K. et al. Effect of gluten-free diet on microbes in the colon. Folia Microbiol 51, 287–290 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02931815

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