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Compound | Arctin |
Animal species | human intestinal bacteria |
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Metabolites |
Arctiin
(-)-Arctigenin (2R,3R)-2-(3',4'-Dihydroxybenzyl)-3-(3",4"-dimethoxybenzyl) butyrolactone (2R,3R)-2-(3'-Hydroxybenzyl)-3-(3",4"-dimethoxybenzyl) butyrolactone (2R,3R)-2-(3'-hydroxybenzyl)-3-(3"-hydroxy-4"-methoxybenzyl) butyrolactone (2R,3R)-2-(3'-Hydroxybenzyl)-3-(3",4"-dihydroxybenzyl) butyrolactone (-)-Enterolactone |
Crude drug | Burdock Fruit , Forsythia Fruit |
References | 1) Xie L., Ahn E., Akao T., Abdel-Hafez A. A., Nakamura N. and Hattori M.: Transformation of arctiin to esterogenic and antiestrogenic substances by human intestinal bacteria. Chem. Pharm. Bull., 51, 378-384 (2003). 2) Gao J. J. and Hattori M.: Metabolic activation of lignans to estrogenic and anti-eatrogenic substances by human intestinal bacteria. J. Trad. Med., 22, 213-221 (2005). |
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