Publication Date
2016
Journal or Book Title
Nutrients
Abstract
As of late, polyphenols have increasingly interested the scientific community due to their proposed health benefits. Much of this attention has focused on their bioavailability. Polyphenol–gut microbiota interactions should be considered to understand their biological functions. The dichotomy between the biotransformation of polyphenols into their metabolites by gut microbiota and the modulation of gut microbiota composition by polyphenols contributes to positive health outcomes. Although there are many studies on the in vivo bioavailability of polyphenols, the mutual relationship between polyphenols and gut microbiota is not fully understood. This review focuses on the biotransformation of polyphenols by gut microbiota, modulation of gut microbiota by polyphenols, and the effects of these two-way mutual interactions on polyphenol bioavailability, and ultimately, human health.
ORCID
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3354-7470
DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/nu8020078
Volume
8
Special Issue
Selected Papers from 2015 International Symposium on Phytochemicals in Medicine and Food
Issue
2
License
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Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Recommended Citation
Ozdal, Tugba; Sela, David A.; Xiao, Jianbo; Boyacioglu, Dilek; Chen, Fang; and Capanoglu, Esra, "The Reciprocal Interactions between Polyphenols and Gut Microbiota and Effects on Bioaccessibility" (2016). Nutrients. 17.
https://doi.org/10.3390/nu8020078