Tomato seed extract promotes health of the gut microbiota and demonstrates a potential new way to valorize tomato waste

Jenni Firrman; Adrienne Narrowe; LinShu Liu; Karley Mahalak; Johanna Lemons; Pieter Van den Abbeele; Aurélien Baudot; Stef Deyaert; Yanfang Li; Yuanhang Yao; Liangli Yu

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0301381

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Tomato seed extract promotes health of the gut microbiota and demonstrates a potential new way to valorize tomato waste

Jenni Firrman ,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: Jenni.Firrman@usda.gov

Affiliation United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Eastern Regional Research Center, Dairy and Functional Foods Research Unit, Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania, United States of America

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9586-5204

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Adrienne Narrowe,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Eastern Regional Research Center, Dairy and Functional Foods Research Unit, Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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LinShu Liu,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Eastern Regional Research Center, Dairy and Functional Foods Research Unit, Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Karley Mahalak,

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Eastern Regional Research Center, Dairy and Functional Foods Research Unit, Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Johanna Lemons,

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Eastern Regional Research Center, Dairy and Functional Foods Research Unit, Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Pieter Van den Abbeele,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Cryptobiotix, Ghent, Belgium
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Aurélien Baudot,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Cryptobiotix, Ghent, Belgium
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Stef Deyaert,

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Resources

Affiliation Cryptobiotix, Ghent, Belgium
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Yanfang Li,

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Nutrition and Food Science, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America
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Yuanhang Yao,

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Nutrition and Food Science, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America
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Liangli Yu

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Nutrition and Food Science, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America
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Tomato seed extract promotes health of the gut microbiota and demonstrates a potential new way to valorize tomato waste

Jenni Firrman,
Adrienne Narrowe,
LinShu Liu,
Karley Mahalak,
Johanna Lemons,
Pieter Van den Abbeele,
Aurélien Baudot,
Stef Deyaert,
Yanfang Li,
Yuanhang Yao

Published: April 16, 2024
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0301381

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