Title:A Comprehensive Review on Biotransformation, Interaction, and Health
of Gut Microbiota and Bioactive Components
Volume: 27
Issue: 11
Author(s): Lin Zhang and Xiao-Gen Ma*
Affiliation:
- Department of Medical Nursing, Jiyuan Vocational and Technical College, 459000 Jiyuan, Henan, P.R. China
Keywords:
Gut microbiota, bioactive components, drug discovery, drug absorption mechanism, flavonoids, terpenoids.
Abstract:
Background: The relationship between gut microbiota and bioactive components has
become the research focus in the world. We attempted to clarify the relationship between biotransformation
and metabolites of gut microbiota and bioactive components, and explore the
metabolic pathway and mechanism of bioactive ingredients in vivo, which will provide an important
theoretical basis for the clinical research of bioactive ingredients and rationality of drugs,
and also provide an important reference for the development of new drugs with high bioavailability.
Methods: The related references of this review on microbiota and bioactive components were
collected from both online and offline databases, such as ScienceDirect, PubMed, Elsevier, Willy,
SciFinder, Google Scholar, Web of Science, Baidu Scholar, SciHub, Scopus, and CNKI.
Results: This review summarized the biotransformation of bioactive components under the action
of gut microbiota, including flavonoids, terpenoids, phenylpropanoids, alkaloids, steroids, and other
compounds. The interaction of bioactive components and gut microbiota is a key link for drug efficacy.
Relevant research is crucial to clarify bioactive components and their mechanisms, which involve
the complex interaction among bioactive components, gut microbiota, and intestinal epithelial
cells. This review also summarized the individualized, precise, and targeted intervention of gut microbiota
in the field of intestinal microorganisms from the aspects of dietary fiber, microecological
agents, fecal microbiota transplantation, and postbiotics. It will provide an important reference for
intestinal microecology in the field of nutrition and health for people.
Conclusion: To sum up, the importance of human gut microbiota in the research of bioactive
components metabolism and transformation has attracted the attention of scholars all over the
world. It is believed that with the deepening of research, human gut microbiota will be more
widely used in the pharmacodynamic basis, drug toxicity relationship, new drug discovery, drug
absorption mechanism, and drug transport mechanism in the future.