Planta Med 1991; 57(1): 15-19
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-960007
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Isolation of a Human Intestinal Bacterium Capable of Transforming Barbaloin to Aloe-Emodin Anthrone1

Qing-Ming Che2 , Teruaki Akao3 , Masao Hattori2 , Kyoichi Kobashi3 , Tsuneo Namba2
  • 2Research Institute for Wakan-Yaku (Traditional Sino-Japanese Medicines), Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University, 2630 Sugitani, Toyama 930-01, Japan
  • 3Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University, 2630 Sugitani, Toyama 930-01, Japan
1 Metabolism of Barbaloin by Intestinal Bacteria; Part II. For Part I, see Reference (16)
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1989

Publication Date:
05 January 2007 (online)

Abstract

A strictly anaerobic bacterium, Eubacterium sp. BAR, was isolated from human feces as one of the intestinal bacteria capable of metabolizing barbaloin. The bacterium grew in PYF broth containing barbaloin and converted barbaloin to aloe-emodin anthrone. On the other hand, the bacterium had little metabolic activity in GAM broth.

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