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| Summary | Gut microbes (species: Eubacterium coprostanoligenes) increase Cholesterol's excretion. |
| Gut | |
| Cholesterol (PubChem CID: 5997) | |
| Eubacterium coprostanoligenes (Tax ID: 290054) | |
| 8789734 | |
| increase excretion | |
| Cholesterol can be removed from circulation by the action of Eubacterium coprostanoligenes (gut normal flora) by its conversion to coprostanol, which cannot be absorbed and excreted. Inhibition of cholesterol reabsorption is a clinically validated strategy for lowering cholesterol. |
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