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Spicy Food Intake and Dietary Factors Shape the Gut Microbiome and Metabolism of Mucin and Short-Chain Fatty Acids in Healthy Adults
2026-01-22
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<title>Abstract</title> <p> The intestinal mucus layer provides a primary barrier between the gut microbiota and the epithelium. Capsaicin, a major component of spicy foods, has been reported to enhance <italic>muc2</italic> expression and mucus secretion; however, evidence from preclinical and clinical studies remains inconsistent. How spicy food interacts with external factors such as alcohol to influence mu...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 61ba2885-f8f7-5a5c-891f-87231631369a
- DOI
- 10.21203/rs.3.rs-8419849/v1
