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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Aug 26.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Probiotics Prebiotics. 2016;11(3-4):99–116.

FIGURE 1.

FIGURE 1.

A dynamic relationship exists among the gut microbiome and dietary ingredients. Fermentation of food components by microbes occurs both during certain food production processes and in the gastrointestinal tract. Hepatic as well as gut microbial metabolisms play a crucial role in detoxification of anti-nutritional phyto-metabolites and certain dietary mutagens. In addition, hepatic as well as gut microbial metabolome can influence colon cancer risk and tumour behaviour through inhibition of microbes that could possibly contribute to inflammation or genotoxicity in colon cells.