Enterosalivary Pathway
Nitrites travel to the stomach where stomach acid further reduces them to nitric oxide. Anaerobic commensal bacteria on the posterior tongue surface reduce dietary nitrates to nitrites. The health of the oral microbiome and adequate stomac…
1 sources - 4 claims
Nitrites travel to the stomach where stomach acid further reduces them to nitric oxide. Anaerobic commensal bacteria on the posterior tongue surface reduce dietary nitrates to nitrites. The health of the oral microbiome and adequate stomach acid are both critical to the enterosalivary pathway. Gut dysbiosis directly impairs the oral anaerobic bacteria responsible for the nitrate-to-nitrite conversion step.