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Metabolism of isoflavones, lignans and prenylflavonoids by intestinal bacteria: producer phenotyping and relation with intestinal community.
FEMS microbiology ecology - 1 Aug 2007
Possemiers Sam, Bolca Selin, Eeckhaut Ellen, Depypere Herman, Verstraete Willy
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Many studies have investigated the importance of the intestinal bacterial activation of individual phytoestrogens. However, human nutrition contains different phytoestrogens and the final exposure depends on the microbial potential to activate all different groups within each individual. In this work, interindividual variations in the bacterial activation of the different phytoestrogens were assessed. Incubation...
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