Isoflavones intestinal conversion

In summary, our intestinal microbiome encodes numerous core functions of importance for the conversion of dietary phenolics, yet interindividual differences in the makeup of bacterial species that colonize our gut underlie interindividual differences in phenolic metabolism and thereby in possible health effects. In Sect. 5, we will give more details on active bacterial members and central metabolic reactions involved in phenolic conversion prior to focusing on health effects of isoflavones and lignans. 

Intestinal microbial functions are essential for conversion of a vast majority of dietary phenolics, for example, isoflavone and lignan activation. The main future... 

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