Bioconversion of (-)-epicatechin, (+)-epicatechin, (-)-catechin, and (+)-catechin by (-)-epigallocatechin-metabolizing bacteria

Biological and Pharmaceutical Bulletin

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 789-794

  Takagaki, Akiko ^a   Nanjo, Fumio ^a  

^a Mitsui Norin Co Ltd ^*  (Japan)

Author keywords

Adlercreutzia equolifaciens; Bacterium; Catechin; Eggerthella lenta; Flavonifractor plautii; Metabolite

Indexed keywords

1 (3,4 DIHYDROXYPHENYL) 3 (2,4,6 TRIHYDROXYPHENYL)PROPANOL; 4 HYDROXY 5 HYDROXYPHENYLVALERIC ACID; 5 HYDROXYPHENYL GAMMA VALEROLACTONE; BENZENE DERIVATIVE; CARBON; CATECHIN; EPICATECHIN; EPIGALLOCATECHIN; FORMIC ACID; HYDROGEN; LACTONE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALERIC ACID DERIVATIVE; GALLOCATECHIN;

ADLERCREUTZIA EQUOLIFACIENS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG STRUCTURE; EGGERTHELLA LENTA; FLAVONIFRACTOR PLAUTII; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROXYLATION; INCUBATION TIME; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; ACTINOBACTERIA; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; BIOREACTOR; CLOSTRIDIUM; METABOLISM;

ACTINOBACTERIA; BACTERIA; BIOREACTORS; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CATECHIN; CLOSTRIDIUM; HYDROXYLATION;

EID: 84929578126     PISSN: 09186158     EISSN: 13475215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1248/bpb.b14-00813     Document Type: Article

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