More Flavor for Flavonoid-Based Interventions?. Issue 4 (April 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Kaakoush, Nadeem O.; Morris, Margaret J.
• Is Part Of: Trends in molecular medicine. Volume 23:Issue 4(2017)
• Page Start: 293
• Page End: 295
• Publication Date: 2017-04
• Subjects: flavonoids -- gut microbiome -- obesity -- cognition -- obesogenic diet; Molecular biology -- Periodicals; Pathology, Molecular -- Periodicals; Physiology, Pathological -- Periodicals; 572.8
• DOI: 10.1016/j.molmed.2017.02.008
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1471-4914

Abstract

Abstract : Poor diets are associated with obesity and a decline in cognitive function. Flavonoids are plant compounds that have been associated with improved metabolic parameters in obesity and reversal of cognitive decline. Given that microbial flavonoid conversion is important for bioactivity, flavonoid-derived neuroactive compounds may be functionally crucial in the gut microbiome–brain axis.