Tomotari Mitsuoka: Notable scholarly papers authored (3)

• Morishita, Y., Mitsuoka, T. (1973) Antibody responses in germ-free chickens to bacteria isolated from various sources. Jpn. J. Microbiol., 17, 181-187.
  (Immune response of bacteria-free chickens)
• Mizutani, T., Mitsuoka, T. (1979) Effect of intestinal bacteria on incidence of liver tumors in gnotobiotic C3H/He male mice. J. Natl. Cancer Inst., 63, 1365-1370.
  (Incidence of liver tumors in gnotobiotic mice varies depending on the intestinal bacteria strains that inhabit them.)
• Mizutani, T., Mitsuoka, T. (1980) Inhibitory effect of some intestinal bacteria on liver tumorigenesis in gnotobiotic C3H/He male mice. Cancer Letters, 11, 89-95.
  (Lactic acid bacteria suppresses liver cancer incidence in gnotobiotic mice.)
• Mitsuoka, T. (1984) Einfluss der Ernahrung auf die Darmflora. Die Nahrung, 28, 619-625.
  (Diet has significant influence over intestinal flora.)
• Takano, T., Arai, K., Murota, I., Hayakawa, K., Mizutani, T., Mitsuoka, T. (1985) Effects of feeding sour milk on longevity and tumorigenesis in mice and rats. Bifidobacteria Microflora, 4, 31-37.
  (Feeding sour milk to mice and rats extends their lifespans and delays cancer onset.)
• Mitsuoka, T., Hidaka, H., Eida, T. (1987) Effect of fructo-oligosaccharides on intestinal microflora. Die Nahrung., 31, 427-436.
  (Ingestion of fructo-oligosaccharides improves intestinal flora.)
• Hayakawa, K., Mizutani, J., Wada, K., Masai, T., Yoshihara, I., Mitsuoka, T. (1990) Effects of soybean oligosaccharides on human fecal flora. Microbial Ecol. Health Dis., 3, 293-303.
  (Ingestion of soy oligosaccharides improves intestinal flora.)
• Ahn, Y-J., Sakanaka, S., Kim, M-J., Kawamura, T., Fujisawa, T., Mitsuoka, T. (1990) Effect of green tea extract on growth of intestinal bacteria. Microbial Ecol. Health Dis., 3, 335-338.
  (Green tea extract has different effects on the growth of intestinal bacteria depending on the bacterial type.)
• Terada, A., Hara, H., Kataoka, M., Mitsuoka, T. (1992) Effect of lactulose on the composition and metabolic activity of the human fecal flora. Microbial Ecol. Health Dis.5, 43-50.
  (Ingestion of lactulose improves intestinal flora and intestinal metabolism activity.)
• Okubo, T., Ishihara, N., Oura, A., Kim, M., Yamamoto, T., Mitsuoka, T. (1992) In vivo effects of tea polyphenol intake on human intestinal microflora and metabolism. Biosci. Biotech. Biochem. 56, 588-591.
  (Ingestion of tea polyphenol improves intestinal flora and intestinal metabolism activity.)
• Terada, A., Hara, H., Kato, S., Kimura, T., Fujimori, I., Hara, K., Maruyama, T., Mitsuoka, T. (1993) Effect of Lactosucrose (4G-β-D-galactosylsucrose) on fecal flora and fecal putrefactive products of cats. J. Vet. Med. Sci. 55, 291-295.
  (Feeding of lactosucrose to cats improves their cecal flora and cecal metabolism activity.)
• Terada, A., Hara, H., Sakamoto, J., Sato, N., Takagi, S., Mitsuoka, T. (1994) Effects of dietary supplementation with lactosucrose (4G-β-D-Galactosylsucrose) on cecal flora, cecal metabolites, and performance in broiler chickens. Poult. Sci. 73, 1663-1672.
  (Feeding of lactosucrose to chickens improves their intestinal flora and intestinal metabolism activity and promotes their growth.)
• Asano, T., Yuasa, K., Kunugita, K., Teraji, T., Mitsuoka, T. (1994) Effects of gluconic acid on human fecal bacteria. Microbial Ecol. Health Dis. 7, 247-256.
  (Ingestion of gluconic acid improves intestinal flora, intestinal metabolism activity, and promotes growth in humans.)
• Terada, A., Hara, H., Sato, D., Higashi, T., Nakayama, S., Tsuji, K., Sakamoto, D., Ishioka, E., Maezaki, Y., Sugita, T., Takekawa, A., Mitsuoka, T. (1995) Effect of dietary chitosan on fecal microbiota and fecal metabolites of humans. Microbial Ecol. Health Dis. 8, 15-821.
  (Ingestion of chitosan improves intestinal flora and intestinal metabolism activity.)
• Yamakoshi, J., Tokutake, S., Kikuchi, M., Kubota, Y., Konishi, H., Mitsuoka, T. (2001) Effect of pro-anthocyanidin-rich extract from grape seeds on human fecal flora and fecal odor. Microbial Ecol. Health Dis. 13: 25-31.
  (Ingestion of grape polyphenols improves fecal microbiota and reduces fecal odor.)
• Mitsuoka, T., Makita, S., Asano, H. (2002) The characteristics of lactic acid bacteria from Masai fermented milk in Kenya. Bifidobacteria Microflora 24, 171-178.
  (Lactic acid microbiota found in Masai fermented milk)

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