Dietary polyphenols maintain human health through modulation of gut microbiota

The symbiotic interplay between dietary polyphenols and gut microbiota constitutes a focal point in contemporary scientific investigations, with profound impact in human health and diseases. The human gastrointestinal milieu serves as the locus for a diverse consortium of microbial organisms, collectively constituting the gut microbiota, which intricately modulate host metabolism, immune responses, and overall homeostasis. Dysregulation of gut microbial composition and functionality, known as dysbiosis, has been implicated in the progression of a plethora of gastrointestinal and systemic maladies, encompassing inflammatory bowel diseases, metabolic syndromes and neurological disorders, and so on. Polyphenols…