Title : Dietary modification of the microbiome affects risk for cardiovascular disease.

Pub. Date : 2013 Jun

PMID : 23656565






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1 Dietary carnitine (present predominately in red meat) and lecithin (phosphatidyl choline) are shown to be metabolized by gut microbes to trimethylamine (TMA), which in turn is metabolized by liver flavin monoxygenases (especially FMO3 and FMO1) to form trimethylamine-N-oxide (TMAO). trimethylamine flavin containing dimethylaniline monoxygenase 3 Homo sapiens