EFFECT OF PECTIN ON THE CHANGES IN THE STOMACH AND JEJUNUM BACTERIA REDUCING NITRATES TO NITRITES IN RATS - SHORT REPORT.
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Publication date: 2000-06-30
Pol. J. Food Nutr. Sci. 2000;50(2):61-63
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The number of microorganisms in the jejunum and stomach of rats on pectin diet was found to be increased. In the case of animals fed diet with potassium nitrate and 10% pectin, methaemoglobin appeared in the blood, what was associated with increased number of the bacteria Enterobacteriaceae responsible for the reduction of nitrates to nitrites.