Effects of orange essential oil on intestinal microflora in mice

Effects of orange essential oil on intestinal microflora in mice

BACKGROUND The intestinal microbiota has a wide variety of functions in the host. A positive effect of plant extract on intestinal microbiota in animals has been reported. However, the effect of orange essential oil and its components limonene, linalool and citral on intestinal microflora in mice ha...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of the science of food and agriculture 2019-06, Vol.99 (8), p.4019-4028
Hauptverfasser: Wang, Lin, Zhang, Yan, Fan, Gang, Ren, Jing‐Nan, Zhang, Lu‐Lu, Pan, Si‐Yi
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Sprache:eng
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Abundance
aroma compounds
Bacteria
Cecum
Chains
Citral
Colon
Essential oils
Fatty acids
Immunoglobulin A
Immunoglobulin G
Immunoglobulin M
Intestinal microflora
Lactobacillus
Limonene
Linalool
Mice
Microbiota
Oils & fats
orange essential oil
Oranges
Organic chemistry
Plant extracts
Relative abundance
Spleen
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Zusammenfassung:BACKGROUND The intestinal microbiota has a wide variety of functions in the host. A positive effect of plant extract on intestinal microbiota in animals has been reported. However, the effect of orange essential oil and its components limonene, linalool and citral on intestinal microflora in mice has seldom been reported. The effects of intragastric administration of orange essential oil and limonene, linalool and citral on intestinal microflora and biochemical indexes in mice were studied. RESULTS The effect of essential oil, linalool and citral on immune organ index (spleen and thymus index), IgM and IL‐2 was not significant (P > 0.05). A significant increase (P 
ISSN:0022-5142
1097-0010
DOI:10.1002/jsfa.9629