Medizinische Universität Graz Austria/Österreich - Forschungsportal - Medical University of Graz
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Pferschy-Wenzig, EM; Kunert, O; Thumann, T; Moissl-Eichinger, C; Bauer, R.
Characterization of metabolites from milk thistle flavonolignans generated by human fecal microbiota.
Phytochemistry. 2023; 215: 113834
Doi: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2023.113834
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- Moissl-Eichinger Christine
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- Silymarin, a mixture of diastereomeric and regioisomeric flavonolignans from milk thistle (Silybum marianum (L.) Gaertn.) fruits, is known to possess a panel of pharmacological activities. However, due to low water solubility and extensive phase II metabolism, the oral bioavailability of the flavonolignans is limited. Since their interaction with gut microbiome is likely due to their predominantly fecal excretion route, the biotransformation of milk thistle flavonolignans by gut microorganisms was studied. A 1:1 mixture of the two main silymarin flavonolignans silybins A and B was incubated in human fecal suspension from one donor for 24 h under anoxic conditions. Purification of the incubate allowed to isolate and structurally elucidate the two main metabolites as (2R, 3R)-2-{4-[2-(3,4-dihydroxy-phenyl)-(1R)-1-hydroxymethyl-ethoxy]-3-hydroxy-phenyl}-3,5,7-trihydroxy-chroman-4-one (a product of demethylation and dioxane ring cleavage) and demethylsilybin B. Furthermore, silymarin was incubated with human fecal suspension, and its biotransformation was monitored by means of LC-HRMS metabolite profiling. Apart from the two isolated and structurally elucidated metabolites, several types of biotransformation products could be annotated, including demethylation products, reduction/ring cleavage products, products of demethylation plus reduction/ring cleavage, as well as several low molecular weight aromatic metabolites. The potential pharmacological activities of these gut microbial metabolites deserve closer examination in the future.
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- Humans - administration & dosage
- Milk Thistle - administration & dosage
- Silymarin - pharmacology
- Fruit - administration & dosage
- Microbiota - administration & dosage
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- Silybum marianum
- Asteraceae
- Milk thistle
- Flavonolignan
- Gut microbiome
- Biotransformation