Equol is the isoflavone-derived metabolite with the greatest estrogenic and antioxidant
activity. It is produced from daidzein by fastidious and oxygen-susceptible intestinal bacteria …

Equol, which produced from daidzein (one of the principal isoflavones), is recognized to be
the most resultful in stimulating an estrogenic and antioxidant response. The daidzein …

Daidzein, which is scarce in nature, has gained significant attention due to its superior
biological activity and bioavailability compared with daidzin. So far, it has been widely used …

ABSTRACT A newly isolated rod-shaped, gram-negative anaerobic bacterium from human
feces, named Julong 732, was found to be capable of metabolizing the isoflavone …

Equol is a metabolite produced from daidzein by enteric microflora, and it has attracted a
great deal of attention because of its protective or ameliorative ability against several sex …

An Escherichia coli library comprising 8,424 strains incorporating gene fragments of the
equol-producing bacterium Slackia sp. strain NATTS was constructed and screened for E …

Stereochemical course of isoflavanone dihydrodaidzein (DHD) reduction into the isoflavan
(3 S)-equol via tetrahydrodaidzein (THD) by the human intestinal anaerobic bacterium …

Lactococcus strain 20–92 is a bacterium that produces equol directly from daidzein under
anaerobic conditions. In this study, we reveal that the transcription of the gene encoding …

Dihydrodaidzein (DHD) and dihydrogenistein (DHG) are intermediate compounds in the
production of equol and 5-hydroxy-equol from daidzein and genistein by certain intestinal …

Equols are isoflavandiols formed by reduction of soy isoflavones such as daidzein and
genistein by gut microorganisms. These phytoestrogens are of interest for their various …