Table 4. AUC_{(0-24 h)} of isoflavone metabolites identified in the serum following Cheonggukjang ingestion according to Sasang typology.

No	Metabolites	SE	SY	TE	P-value
1	Daidzein	56,399 ± 18,774.20a	29,480.4 ± 11,280.24a	748,491.8 ± 282,494.31b	0.000
2	Genistein	19,846.56 ± 8,312.65a	143,137.6 ± 67,995.08b	298,415.4 ± 116,138.76c	0.000
3	Glycitein	41,912.94 ± 11,314.79a	37,019.47 ± 7,346.46a	69,566.33 ± 23,136.25b	0.000
4	3-hydroxydaidzein	20,177 ± 8,951.96	7,286.25 ± 2,772.5	22,049.67 ± 30,174.84	0.349
5	2-hydroxygenistein	116,443.47 ± 108,650.35b	36,360.2 ± 12,293.57a	82,759.93 ± 63,820.57ab	0.020
6	Daidzein 4′-glucuronide	59,741.29 ± 17,786.70b	30,414.13 ± 7,265.75a	50,585 ± 14,090.84b	0.000
7	Daidzein 7-glucuronide	80,745.78 ± 29,501.35b	50,427.4 ± 11,690.16a	57,662.07 ± 24,969.74a	0.002
8	Daidzein diglucuronide	20,737.39 ± 6,555.99b	11,543 ± 4,877.33a	9,518.27 ± 3,777.76a	0.000
9	Daidzein 4′-sulfate	23,419.39 ± 7,387.22a	974,579.67 ± 340,431.08b	3,244,240.93 ± 1,063,972.11c	0.000
10	Daidzein 7-sulfate 4′-glucuronide	14,362.5 ± 8,030.20a	24,555.67 ± 6,302.61b	20,541.47 ± 9,702.07b	0.004
11	Genistein 7-glucuronide	64,426.39 ± 34,285.58	46,780.2 ± 21,151.31	43,054.73 ± 24,714.20	0.081
12	Genistein diglucuronide	82,762.56 ± 26,491.63b	34,285.87 ± 15,499.38a	34,636.87 ± 5,952.47a	0.000
13	Genistein-7-glucuronide-4′-sulfate	121,239.39 ± 88,332.07b	35,797.64 ± 27,104.94a	46,511.2 ± 13,365.33a	0.000
14	Genistein 4′-sulfate	78,567.89 ± 138,035.16	82,584.8 ± 21,945.13	-	0.000
15	Genistein-7-sulfate	-	-	243,616.87 ± 133,245.66	0.000
16	Dihydrogenistein	37,918.76 ± 34,160.86	85,911.36 ± 191,426.6	35,885.33 ± 25,312.26	0.404
17	Dihydrodaidzein sulfate	11,347.2 ± 7,347.72a	230,100.3 ± 139,539.94a	971,317.79 ± 640,145.02b	0.000
18	Equol-7-glucuronide	101,393.3 ± 67,588.67b	6,555.06 ± 3,139.22a	43,767.85 ± 62,165.99a	0.001
19	Equol-4-sulfate	-	-	35,441.67 ± 46,701.94	0.000
20	5-hydroxy equol	22,188.88 ± 31,641.4	8,758.6 ± 4,929.73	20,178.89 ± 17,117.64	0.593
21	O-Desmethylangolensin	33,917.38 ± 26,354.99b	13,765.62 ± 7,491.53a	30,201.8 ± 14,449.10b	0.019

SE, Soeumin; SY, Soyangin; TE, Taeeumin; AUC_{(0-24 h)}, area under the curve of the metabolite peak area versus time; -, cannot be calculated.

Differences among the groups were analyzed by Duncan's multiple range test (P < 0.05) and are indicated by different lowercase letters.

Letter “a” is significant to “b” and “c”, but “ab” is not significant.