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High concordance of daidzein-metabolizing phenotypes in individuals measured 1 to 3 years apart.
The British journal of nutrition - 1 Dec 2005
Frankenfeld Cara L, Atkinson Charlotte, Thomas Wendy K, Gonzalez Alex, Jokela Tuija, Wähälä Kristiina, Schwartz Stephen M, Li Shuying S, Lampe Johanna W
Abstract excerpt
Particular intestinal bacteria are capable of metabolizing the soya isoflavone daidzein to equol and/or O-desmethylangolensin (O-DMA), and the presence of these metabolites in urine after soya consumption are markers of particular intestinal bacteria profiles. Prevalences of equol producers and O-DMA producers are approximately 30-50 % and 80-90 %, respectively, and limited observations have suggested that these...
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