meRfi®-GM
Biosynthesis & Butyrate / Butyric acid
Welcome to meRfi-GM!
meRfi-GM provides you with up-to-date, evidence-based insights on the gut microbiota and related health topics.
Access our ever-expanding digital library and get personalized answers through our interactive AI chat platform.
Start your free trial and transform your understanding of the gut microbiota today!
Navigation
Contents
Butyrate / Butyric acid is broadly produced by Clostridial clusters IV, Clostridium Cluster XIVa, and Clostridium Cluster XVI (Firmicutes) through the Butyrate kinase (buk) or butyryl-coenzyme A (CoA): acetate CoA-transferase pathways, and this last pathway provides a high quantity of acetate
[Acetate](brain://Y2B…
References (Sources)
- Dynamics of human gut microbiota and short-chain fatty acids in response to dietary interventions with three fermentable fibers
- Fatty Acid Diets: Regulation of Gut Microbiota Composition and Obesity and Its Related Metabolic DysbiosisReview
- Formation of propionate and butyrate by the human colonic microbiota
- From Dietary Fiber to Host Physiology: Short-Chain Fatty Acids as Key Bacterial Metabolites
- High-protein, reduced carbohydrate weight-loss diets promote metabolite profiles likely to be detrimental to colonic health
- Lignans and human health.
- Prebiotic treatment reduced preneoplastic lesions through the downregulation of TLR-4 in a chemo-induced carcinogenic model.