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A STUDY OF PHYTOCONSTITUENTS INVOLVEMENT IN THE ENHANCEMENT OF INCREASED GUT FLORAE

Pursharth Gulati, Ramesh Kumar Singh, Archita Kapoor*, Divya Singh and Divyani Singh

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Abstract

The human gut microbiota is one of the major natural habitats for a large bacterial community, however a lot of information is yet to be discovered. Gut microflorae consists of a variety of strains of bacteria along with some viruses that help keeping the gut healthy. Apart from all the benefits provided or health application, its further potential lies in prevention and treatment of various metabolic disorders. The studies mainly focused on the different phytochemicals that impact the gut florae and hence, indirectly improving the gut health. Phytochemicals are mainly natural chemicals that are introduced into the human gut through intake of various fruits and vegetables. It is clearly stated that different types of phytochemicals impact different strains of bacteria and thus, the phytochemicals included flavonoids, anthocyanin, hydrolysable tannins, carotenoids and fiber and butyrate. This review even deals with a variety of studies that were involved in the proliferation of different disease such as colon cancer, inflammatory bowel disease, obesity and diabetes mellitus along with the impact of gut microflorae on these particular diseases. The summarized data helps establishing a relationship between the pathogenesis of the disease and how improving the gut microflorae would act as a potent therapeutic cure.

Keywords: Gut microflorae, Diet, Metabolic diseases, Bacteria, Phytoconstituents.