Background Chronic illnesses like obesity, type 2 diabetes (T2D) and cardiovascular
diseases, are worldwide major causes of morbidity and mortality. These pathological …

Ever‐growing research efforts are demonstrating the potential of medicinal plants and their
phytochemicals to prevent and manage obesity, either individually or synergistically …

For many decades, the poultry industry has benefitted from improved health and
performance of birds due to inclusion of sub-therapeutic levels of antibiotics in feeds …

Background Butyrate is known as histone deacetylase inhibitor, inducing histone
hyperacetylation in vitro and playing a predominant role in the epigenetic regulation of gene …

Intestinal cytochrome P450 (CYP) enzymes play key role in the first pass metabolism of
orally ingested xenobiotics, providing a primary metabolic barrier, being of special …

This study investigates the metabolic effects of maize-or wheat-based diets with normal (NP)
and lowered (LP) dietary crude protein level [the latter supplemented with limiting amino …

Influencing the endocrine metabolic regulation of chickens by nutritional factors might
provide novel possibilities for improving animal health and productivity. This study was …

Clostridium butyricum CBM 588 is used as a probiotic in eastern Asian countries and has
been recently approved as an animal feed additive in the European Union. The purpose of …

The aim of the present study was to investigate the effects of butyrate as a feed supplement
on the expression of insulin signalling proteins as potent regulators of metabolism and …

The expression of hepatic drug‐metabolizing cytochrome P450 (CYP) enzymes may be
affected by several nutrition‐derived compounds, such as by the commonly applied feed …