The chemistry of gut microbial metabolism of polyphenols

Phytochemistry Reviews

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 425-444

  Stevens, Jan F ^a,b   Maier, Claudia S ^a,b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Catabolism; Flavonoid; Gut microbiota; Mechanism; Metabolic pathway

Indexed keywords

ALKENE; CARBON; CATECHIN; CHALCONE DERIVATIVE; CURCUMIN; DAIDZEIN; DIHYDROCHALCONE; DIHYDRORESVERATROL; DIOXYGENASE; ELLAGITANNIN; EQUOL; FLAVANONE DERIVATIVE; FLAVONOL; ISOFLAVONE; ISOFLAVONE DERIVATIVE; POLYPHENOL; PROANTHOCYANIDIN; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; RESVERATROL; TETRAHYDROCURCUMIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOINFORMATICS; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DECARBOXYLATION; DEHYDROXYLATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; HYDROGENATION; HYDROXYLATION; INTESTINE FLORA; METABOLIC CAPACITY; METABOLITE; METABOLOMICS; MICROBIAL METABOLISM; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; REVIEW; SPECIES COMPOSITION;

EID: 84960392949     PISSN: 15687767     EISSN: 1572980X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11101-016-9459-z     Document Type: Review

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