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Published in final edited form as: Pharmacol Res. 2012 Aug 9;69(1):21–31. doi: 10.1016/j.phrs.2012.07.009

Table 2.

Xenobiotics metabolized by the human gut microbiota.

Reaction type Substrate Reference
Reduction Digoxin* [48]
Clonazepam [101]
Sulindac [102]
Sulfasalazine* [50]
Prontosil [103]
Neoprontosil [103]
Balsalazine [104]
Olsalazine [51]
Nitrazepam [105]
Clonazepam [101]
Sulfinpyrazone [102]
Sulindac [102]
Omeprazole [106]
Metronidazole [107]
Misonidazole [108]
Zonisamide [109]

Hydrolysis Nitroglycerin [110]
Sodium picosulphate [2]
Carbenoxolone [111]
Methotrexate [112]
Morphine glucuronide [113]
Sennosides [114]
Sorivudine [115]
Lactulose [116]

Functional group removal Flucytosine [117]
Methamphetamine [118]
Levodopa* [54]
Phenacetin [119]
Succinylsulfathiazole [2]

N-oxide cleavage Ranitidine [120]
Nizatidine [121]

Proteolysis Insulin [122]
Calcitonin [122]

Denitration Isosorbide dinitrate [123]
Glyceryl trinitrate [110]

Deconjugation Indomethacin [124]
Irinotecan** [125]

Amine formation/amide hydrolysis Chloramphenicol [126]

Thiazole ring-opening Levamisole [127]

Acetylation 5-Aminosalicyclic acid [128]

Isoxazole scission Risperidone [129]

Other Azetirelin [130]

Potassium oxonate [131]

Hesperidin [132]
*

See Figure 2 for more details.

**

See Figure 3 for more details.