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Products of the Colonic Microbiota Mediate the Effects of Diet on Colon Cancer Risk
The Journal of Nutrition, 09/10/09

O'Keefe SJD et al. – The results support the authors' hypothesis that the microbiota mediates the effect diet has on colon cancer risk by their generation of butyrate, folate, and biotin, molecules known to play a key role in the regulation of epithelial proliferation.

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