The Microbiota Is Essential for the Generation of Black Tea Theaflavins-Derived Metabolites

Huadong Chen; Saeed Hayek; Javier Rivera Guzman; Nicholas D. Gillitt; Salam A. Ibrahim; Christian Jobin; Shengmin Sang

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0051001

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The Microbiota Is Essential for the Generation of Black Tea Theaflavins-Derived Metabolites

Huadong Chen,

Affiliation Center for Excellence in Post-Harvest Technologies, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, North Carolina Research Campus, Kannapolis, North Carolina, United States of America
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Saeed Hayek,

Affiliations Center for Excellence in Post-Harvest Technologies, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, North Carolina Research Campus, Kannapolis, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Family and Consumer Sciences, North Carolina A & T State University, Greensboro, North Carolina, United States of America
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Javier Rivera Guzman,

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Pharmacology and Immunology/Microbiology and the Center for Gastrointestinal Biology and Disease, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
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Nicholas D. Gillitt,

Affiliation Dole Nutrition Research Laboratory, North Carolina Research Campus, Kannapolis, North Carolina, United States of America
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Salam A. Ibrahim,

Affiliation Department of Family and Consumer Sciences, North Carolina A & T State University, Greensboro, North Carolina, United States of America
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Christian Jobin ,

* E-mail: ssang@nact.edu (SS); job@med.un.ed (CJ)

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Pharmacology and Immunology/Microbiology and the Center for Gastrointestinal Biology and Disease, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
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Shengmin Sang

* E-mail: ssang@nact.edu (SS); job@med.un.ed (CJ)

Affiliation Center for Excellence in Post-Harvest Technologies, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, North Carolina Research Campus, Kannapolis, North Carolina, United States of America
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The Microbiota Is Essential for the Generation of Black Tea Theaflavins-Derived Metabolites

Huadong Chen,
Saeed Hayek,
Javier Rivera Guzman,
Nicholas D. Gillitt,
Salam A. Ibrahim,
Christian Jobin,
Shengmin Sang

Published: December 5, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0051001

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