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SUBMITTER: Liu G
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5215628 | biostudies-literature | 2016
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Liu Gang G Chen Shuai S Guan Guiping G Tan Jun J Al-Dhabi Naif A NA Wang Hongbing H Duraipandiyan Veeramuthu V Fang Jun J
Mediators of inflammation 20161222
This study aims to investigate the effects of dietary chitosan (COS) on gastrointestinal pathogen resistance in mice model. For two weeks, a control group of ICR mice received a basal diet whilst the intervention group received the basal diet supplemented with 300 mg/kg COS. After two weeks, the mice fed the supplemented diet had a lower body weight. Then enterotoxigenic <i>Escherichia coli</i> (<i>E. coli</i>) was administered to the mice through oral gavage, with each mouse receiving 10<sup>8< ...[more]