Isolation and characterization of a human intestinal bacterium Eggerthella sp. CAT-1 capable of cleaving the C-Ring of (+)-catechin and (-)-Epicatechin, followed by p-dehydroxylation of the B-ring

Biological and Pharmaceutical Bulletin

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2252-2256

  Jin, Jong Sik ^a,b   Hattori, Masao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Catechin; Dehydroxylation; Eggerthella lenta; Human intestinal bacterium

Indexed keywords

CHROMAN DERIVATIVE; EPICATECHIN; RNA 16S;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTEREOISOMER; DIHYDROXYLATION; EGGERTHELLA LENTA; ENANTIOMER; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GENETIC SIMILARITY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; INTESTINE FLORA; METABOLITE; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REACTION TIME; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ACTINOBACTERIA; CATECHIN; FLAVONOIDS; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; HYDROXYLATION; INTESTINES; LIGNANS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84871545316     PISSN: 09186158     EISSN: 13475215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1248/bpb.b12-00726     Document Type: Article

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