Provided are a substance and method for improving intestinal health and
homeostasis, and the
nutrition and development of a subject. The substance is an odd carbon
fatty acid. Specifically, provided is the use of an odd carbon
fatty acid in the preparation of a preparation or
drug for increasing the
protein expression abundance of related
tight junction proteins of a subject, reducing the content of a corticotropin-releasing
hormone in the intestinal tissue of a subject, improving or enhancing the intestinal mechanical barrier of a subject, maintaining the intestinal immune
homeostasis of a subject, promoting the intestinal development of a subject, maintaining the energy
homeostasis in intestinal cells of a subject, improving intestinal
energy metabolism, promoting the development and
metabolism of
muscle tissue in a subject, promoting the development and
metabolism of
adipose tissue in a subject, reducing allergic reactions of the body and the intestinal tract of a subject, reducing the
insulin resistance in a pregnant subject, controlling the blood glucose level in a pregnant subject, preventing
gestational diabetes mellitus, preventing or improving intrahepatic
cholestasis in a pregnant subject, preventing or treating diseases caused by
Helicobacter pylori
bacteria in a subject, etc.