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Nitrate as a potential prebiotic for the oral microbiome
The salivary glands actively concentrate plasma nitrate, leading to high salivary nitrate concentrations (5–8 mM) after a nitrate-rich vegetable meal. Nitrate is an ecological factor that can induce rapid changes in structure and function of polymicrobial communities, but the effects on the oral mic...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group UK
2020
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7393384/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32732931 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-69931-x |