Effect of Oral Administration of Weissella confusa on Fecal and Plasma Ethanol Concentrations, Lipids and Glucose Metabolism in Wistar Rats Fed High Fructose and Fat Diet.
Fouad M F ElshaghabeeDarab GhadimiDiana HabermannMichael de VreseWilhelm BockelmannHans-Jürgen KaatschKnut J HellerJürgen SchrezenmeirPublished in: Hepatic medicine : evidence and research (2020)
This is the first in vivo trial demonstrating that heterofermentative lactic acid bacteria lacking the mannitol pathway (like W. confusa) can increase fecal and blood ethanol concentrations in mammals on a high fructose-high fat diet. This may explain why W. confusa resulted in hyperlipidemia and may promote development of NAFLD in the host.