Equol status and changes in fecal microbiota in menopausal women receiving long-term treatment for menopause symptoms with a soy-isoflavone concentrate

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 6, Issue AUG, 2015, Pages

  Guadamuro, Lucía ^a   Delgado, Susana ^a   Redruello, Begoña ^a   Flórez, Ana B ^a   Suárez, Adolfo ^b   Martínez Camblor, Pablo ^c,d   Mayo, Baltasar ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY OF DAIRY PRODUCTS   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL DE CABUEÑES   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO CENTRAL DE ASTURIAS   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Equol; Fecal microbiota; Intestinal microbiology; Menopause; Probiotics; Soy isoflavone

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; EQUOL; ISOFLAVONE DERIVATIVE; PHYTOESTROGEN; SOY ISOFLAVONE CONCENTRATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFECT; FAECALIBACTERIUM PRAUSNITZII; FECES ANALYSIS; FECES MICROFLORA; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; MIDDLE AGED; NONHUMAN; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RUMINOCOCCUS; ULTRA PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; URINALYSIS;

EID: 84940987078     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.00777     Document Type: Article

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