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Flavonoid glycosides were metabolized to phenolic acids via aglycones by human intestinal microflora producing α-rhamnosidase, exo-β-glucosidase, endo-β-glucosidase and/or β-glucuronidase. Rutin, hesperidin, naringin and poncirin were transformed to their aglycones by the bacteria producing α-rhamnosidase and β-glucosidase or endo-β-glucosidase, and baicalin, puerarin and daidzin were transformed to their aglycones by the bacteria producing β-glucuronidase, C-glycosidase and β-glycosidase, respectively. Anti-platelet activity and cytotoxicity of the metabolites of flavonoid glycosides by human intestinal bacteria were more effective than those of the parental compounds. 3,4-Dihydroxyphenylacetic acid and 4-hydroxyl-phenylacetic acid were more effective than rutin and quercetin on anti-platelet aggregation activity. 2,4,6-Trihydroxybenzaldehyde, quercetin and ponciretin were more effective than rutin and ponciretin on the cytotoxicity for tumor cell lines. We insist that these flavonoid glycosides should be natural prodrugs.
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Kim, DH., Jung, EA., Sohng, IS. et al. Intestinal bacterial metabolism of flavonoids and its relation to some biological activities. Arch. Pharm. Res. 21, 17–23 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03216747
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