Bergenin

Compound Bergenin 
Animal species human intestinal microflora 
Metabolism parameters  
Metabolites Bergenin
4-O-Methylgallic acid
Crude drug Mallotus Bark 
References 1) Hattori M., Shu Y. Z., Tomimori T., Kobashi K. and Namba T.: A bacterial cleavage of the C-glucosyl bond of mangiferin and bergenin. Phytochemistry, 28, 1289-1290 (1989). 
Remarks Fresh feces obtained from a healthy man was thoroughly suspended in 30 volumes or the anaerobic dilution medium by bubbling with oxygen-free CO2 and filtered through gauze to eliminate the residue. Bergenin (100 mg) was anaerobically incubated with an intestinal bacterial mixture (200 ml). The EtOAc extract was chromatographed on a silica gel column (24 x 24 cm) with CHCl3-MeOH (100:1) to yield a metabolite 4-O-methylgallic acid (73 mg). 
 

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