A research team led by Professor Chaogu Zheng from the School of Biological Sciences at The University of Hong Kong (HKU) recently discovered that propionate, a short-chain fatty acid (SCFA), strongly ...

The group headed by Dr. Thomas Grüter and Dr. Kalliopi Pitarokoili from the neurological clinic at St. Josef Hospital (Director: Professor Ralf Gold) published the results in the journal Proceedings ...

Liver fibrosis, a common pathological outcome of chronic liver injury, is a key precursor to cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. Despite its clinical importance, no effective antifibrotic ...

The short-chain fatty acid propionate is used as a food preservative in cheeses and baked goods because it inhibits mold growth. It is also produced by microbes in the human gut. Now researchers ...

PROPIONIC acid, one of the major products of cellulose fermentation in the ruminant stomach, is of unique importance in the carbohydrate economy of the sheep 1, in addition to its presumed function as ...