intestinal flora

collocation in English

meaningsofintestinalandflora

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intestinal
adjective
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/ˌɪnˈtes.tɪn.əl/us
/ˌɪnˈtes.tɪn.əl/
relating to the intestines (= a long tube through which food travels from the stomach and out of the body while it is ...
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flora
noun[U]
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/ˈflɔː.rə/us
/ˈflɔːr.ə/
environment
all the plants of a particular place or from a particular time ...
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(Definition ofintestinalandflorafrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This might be caused by slow intestinal transit andintestinalflorachanges during pregnancy.
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A part of the claims in favor of such treatment refer to attaining a better digestion thanks to a recovered normalintestinalflora.
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At birth, the neonate's mucosal immune system is relatively undeveloped, but the colonization ofintestinalfloraaccelerates its development.
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The trophozoites then colonize the large intestine, where they live in the lumen and feed on theintestinalflora.
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Drug metabolized byintestinalflorais excreted in the feces.
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Antibiotics, especially those with a broad activity spectrum (such as clindamycin) disrupt normalintestinalflora.
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The lactobacillus in nukazuke pickles may be a beneficial supplement to theintestinalflora.
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Also, rodents can not act as models for antibiotic drugs because the resulting alteration to theirintestinalfloracauses significant adverse effects.
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Proteolytic bacteria such as clostridia, which are part of the normalintestinalflora, produce toxic substances including phenols, ammonia and indols by digestion of proteins.
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The mechanism is apparently the adjustment ofintestinalflora, favoring good bacteria while suppressing bad bacteria that provoke inflammation of the gut mucosa.
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There is no evidence that natamycin, at either pharmacological levels or levels encountered as a food additive, can harm normalintestinalflora, but definitive research may not be available.
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The hydroxyanthracene glycosides are not readily absorbed in the small intestine but are hydrolyzed byintestinalflorato a form that is partly absorbed in the colon.
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