Influence of plant and bacterial myrosinase activity on the metabolic fate of glucosinolates in gnotobiotic rats

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 395-404

  Rouzaud, Gabrielle ^a   Rabot, Sylvie ^b   Ratcliffe, Brian ^c   Duncan, Alan J ^a  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

^c ROBERT GORDON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Excretion; Glucosinolates; Human colonic microflora; Isothiocyanates; Myrosinase

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; GLUCOSINOLATE; ISOTHIOCYANIC ACID DERIVATIVE; THIOGLUCOSIDASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID URINE LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY CONVERSION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FECES MICROFLORA; GNOTOBIOTICS; HUMAN; HYDROLYSIS; IN VIVO STUDY; INTESTINE; INTESTINE ABSORPTION; MALE; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PLANT; RAT; URINARY EXCRETION;

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ANIMALS; BRASSICA; COLON; FECES; GERM-FREE LIFE; GLUCOSINOLATES; GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASES; HUMANS; HYDROLYSIS; INTESTINAL ABSORPTION; ISOTHIOCYANATES; MALE; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0041561027     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/BJN2003900     Document Type: Article

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