Nopal feeding reduces adiposity, intestinal inflammation and shifts the cecal microbiota and metabolism in high-fat fed rats

• Sofia Moran-Ramos,

  Affiliations Departamento de Fisiologia de la Nutricion, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutricion Salvador Zubiran, Mexico D.F, Conacyt, Unidad de Genomica de Poblaciones, Instituto Nacional de Medicina Genomica, Mexico D.F

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• Xuan He,

  Affiliations Department of Food Science and Technology, One Shields Avenue, University of California, Davis, Davis, California, United States of America, Department of Nutrition, One Shields Avenue, University of California, Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

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• Elizabeth L. Chin,

  Affiliation Department of Food Science and Technology, One Shields Avenue, University of California, Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

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• Armando R. Tovar,

  Affiliation Departamento de Fisiologia de la Nutricion, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutricion Salvador Zubiran, Mexico D.F

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• Nimbe Torres,

  Affiliation Departamento de Fisiologia de la Nutricion, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutricion Salvador Zubiran, Mexico D.F

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• Carolyn M. Slupsky,

  Affiliations Department of Food Science and Technology, One Shields Avenue, University of California, Davis, Davis, California, United States of America, Department of Nutrition, One Shields Avenue, University of California, Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

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• Helen E. Raybould

  * E-mail: heraybould@ucdavis.edu

  Affiliation Department of Anatomy, Physiology, and Cell Biology, School of Veterinary Medicine One Shields Avenue, University of California, Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

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