Guanghe Fan, Xiaofei Wang, Cuicui Gao, Xiping Kang, Huimin Xue, Weidong Huang, Jicheng Zhan, Yilin You
The mechanisms by which alcohol, alcoholic beverages, and their de-alcoholized derivatives affect animal physiology, metabolism, and gut microbiota have not yet been clarified. The polyphenol, monosaccharide, amino acid, and organic acid contents of four common alcoholic beverages (Chinese Baijiu, beer, Chinese Huangjiu, and wine) and their de-alcoholized counterparts were analyzed. The research further explored how these alcoholic beverages and their non-alcoholic versions affect obesity and gut microbiota, using a high-fat diet bee model created with 2% palm oil (PO)...
April 9, 2024: Molecules: a Journal of Synthetic Chemistry and Natural Product Chemistry