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Individual human microbiome composition as a driving factor in the variability of health effects from tea polyphenols
Code
01SC6418
Looptijd
01-10-2018 → 30-09-2022
Financiering
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Onderzoeksdisciplines
  • Natural sciences
    • Other chemical sciences not elsewhere classified
    • Microbiology not elsewhere classified
    • Systems biology not elsewhere classified
  • Medical and health sciences
    • Laboratory medicine not elsewhere classified
    • Microbiology not elsewhere classified
    • Laboratory medicine not elsewhere classified
    • Nutrition and dietetics not elsewhere classified
    • Laboratory medicine not elsewhere classified
    • Microbiology not elsewhere classified
  • Engineering and technology
    • Biomaterials engineering not elsewhere classified
    • Biological system engineering not elsewhere classified
    • Biomaterials engineering not elsewhere classified
    • Biomechanical engineering not elsewehere classified
    • Other (bio)medical engineering not elsewhere classified
    • Environmental engineering and biotechnology not elsewhere classified
    • Industrial biotechnology not elsewhere classified
    • Other biotechnology, bio-engineering and biosystem engineering not elsewhere classified
  • Agricultural and food sciences
    • Agricultural animal production not elsewhere classified
    • Food sciences and (bio)technology not elsewhere classified
Trefwoorden
tee polyfenolen darmmicrobioom interindividuele variabiliteit
 
Projectomschrijving
 

The application of tea polyphenols holds promise in the prevention and treatment of chronic diseases. However, the current scientific evidence is clouded by a huge interindividual variability in observed health effects. This is due to the fact that there are many confounding factors in human
intervention studies: age, gender, diet, gene polymorphisms, and – importantly- the human gut microbiome.