Metabolism of baicalin by different microbiota determined by MimiCol.

Substances metabolised by the intestinal microbiota can be used as colon markers and are gaining importance. The flavonoid glycoside baicalin has been described in the literature to be metabolised by the intestinal microbiota. The aim of this work was to investigate how the biotransformation of baicalin to baicalein is related to the intestinal microbiota. For this purpose, stool samples from healthy volunteers with different dietary habits were used. From the pre-cultured stool samples, different standard microbiota were obtained which were used for the subsequent metabolism studies in the