Chocolate, gut microbiota, and human health

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Nabil Hayek. Front Pharmacol. 2013.

. 2013 Feb 7:4:11.

doi: 10.3389/fphar.2013.00011. eCollection 2013.

¹ Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, University of Ottawa Ottawa, ON, Canada.

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Functional interactions between the gut microbiota and host metabolism.
Tremaroli V, Bäckhed F. Tremaroli V, et al. Nature. 2012 Sep 13;489(7415):242-9. doi: 10.1038/nature11552. Nature. 2012. PMID: 22972297 Review.

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