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Gum Arabic Reduces C-Reactive Protein in Chronic Kidney Disease Patients without Affecting Urea or Indoxyl Sulfate Levels

INTRODUCTION: Gum Arabic (GA) is a complex polysaccharide with proven prebiotic properties and potentially beneficial systemic effects. METHODS: We randomly allocated 36 chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients to receive 10, 20, or 40 grams daily of GA for four weeks and studied the systemic effects o...

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Autores principales: Elamin, Sarra, Alkhawaja, Mariam J., Bukhamsin, Amina Y., Idris, Mohamed A. S., Abdelrahman, Muntasir M., Abutaleb, Nasrulla K., Housawi, Abdulrahman A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5446885/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28589039
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/9501470