The production of S-equol from daidzein is associated with a cluster of three genes in Eggerthella sp. YY7918

Bioscience of Microbiota, Food and Health

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 113-121

  Kawada, Yuika ^a   Yokoyama, Shinichiro ^b   Yanase, Emiko ^a   Niwa, Toshio ^c   Suzuki, Tohru ^a  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Industrial Technology Center   (Japan)

^c SHUBUN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Daidzein; Dismutase; Equol; Gut microflora; Isoflavone; Oxidoreductase

Indexed keywords

EID: 85026351171     PISSN: 21866953     EISSN: 21863342     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12938/bmfh.2015-023     Document Type: Article

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