Bacterial species involved in the conversion of dietary flavonoids in the human gut

Gut Microbes

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 216-234

  Braune, Annett ^a   Blaut, Michael ^a  

^a GERMAN INSTITUTE OF HUMAN NUTRITION   (Germany)

Author keywords

anaerobic metabolism; flavonoid; gut bacteria; intestinal microbiota; polyphenol

Indexed keywords

ANTHOCYANIN; ANTHOCYANOSIDE; BIOCHANIN A; CATECHIN; DAIDZEIN; DESMETHYLANGOLENSIN; DIHYDROCHALCONE; DIHYDRODAIDZEIN; EPICATECHIN; EQUOL; ERIODICTYOL; FLAVONE; FLAVONOID; FORMONONETIN; GENISTEIN; GLYCOSIDE; HESPERETIN; ISOFLAVONE; ISOQUERCETIN; KAEMPFEROL; LUTEOLIN; NEOHESPERIDIN; PHLOROGLUCINOL; PUERARIN; QUERCETIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORIOBACTERIACEAE; DEGLYCOSYLATION; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENTEROCOCCACEAE; ENTEROCOCCUS; EUBACTERIUM; GENE TRANSFER; INTESTINE FLORA; KNOWLEDGE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PHYLOGENY; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STREPTOCOCCACEAE; BACTERIUM; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CLASSIFICATION; ENZYMOLOGY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIA; BIOTRANSFORMATION; FLAVONOIDS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS;

EID: 84962374550     PISSN: 19490976     EISSN: 19490984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19490976.2016.1158395     Document Type: Review

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