Atkinson et al. · 2004
Editorial study summary
- Study type
- In-vitro human faecal incubation
- Relevance to DR.MORGAN
- Mechanistic relevance
- Sample / population
- Samples from 7 equol producers and 6 nonproducers
- Duration
- 5-day laboratory incubation
- Finding
- The experiments examined differences in bacterial conversion of daidzein to equol.
- Limitations
- Laboratory model and small selected sample; does not measure symptom improvement or establish a population percentage.
Study quality and disclosures
- Quality assessment
- Abstract and original publication record reviewed; formal quality appraisal pending.
- Funding / conflicts
- Funding and conflicts not verified in this review.