Betulinic acid ameliorates lipopolysaccharide-induced intestinal barrier dysfunction in broilers by remodeling gut microbiota homeostasis and inhibiting the LYG2/NOD1/NF-κB signaling axis.
Betulinic acid (BA), a natural pentacyclic triterpenoid obtained from agroforestry by-products, possesses potent antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and intestinal-protective bioactivities. Our prior work verified that BA alleviated intestinal inflammatory damage in mouse and piglet models. Nevertheless, its protective effe...