Hajime Takaahashi

Dietary supplementation with phlorotannin-lowered Eisenia nipponica increases caecal antioxidant activity and promotes Akkermansia in mice

Eisenia nipponica (EN), a traditional Japanese edible brown alga, is rich in storage polysaccharides (laminaran) and polyphenols (phlorotannins) during summer. Laminaran is a water-soluble dietary fibre readily fermented in the gut, whereas the phlorotannins in EN exhibit potent...