title: Intestinal bacterial transformation - a nonnegligible part of Chinese medicine research.
abstract: Intestinal bacteria play an essential part in the metabolism of the constituents of herbal drugs, and a lot of investigations have been done to unveil their functions and mechanisms in modification of these constituents and their effect. This review provides a progressive description of intestinal bacterial transformation with respect to properties, reactions, correlation with the effect of herbal drugs, research interests, and methodology. In addition, the problems encountered during the investigation are addressed and perspectives are proposed.
authors.affiliation: School of Chinese Materia Medica, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100102, China. wangrf2003@sina.com
authors.forename: Ru-Feng
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Ming
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yuan
authors.forename: Xin-Bao
authors.initials: XB
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Xiu-Wei
authors.initials: XW
authors.lastname: Yang
mesh_terms: D001711:Biotransformation; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D006027:Glycosides / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000378:metabolism; D007422:Intestines / Q000382:microbiology*; D007529:Isoflavones / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D015394:Molecular Structure
chemical_list: D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal; D006027:Glycosides; D007529:Isoflavones; C004742:daidzein