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ArticleJournal of natural products2026

The Human Gut Microbiome Metabolizes Diverse Bioactive Coumarins via α,β-Unsaturated Lactone Reduction.

Gabrielle Mingolelli, Rasha M Bashatwah, Megan J Jurek, Isabel M Chauvin, Jimmy Orjala, Andrew P Riley, Joanna E Burdette, Matthew T Henke

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Gabrielle MingolelliDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Retzky College of Pharmacy, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60612, United States.ORCID 0009-0004-6061-2444
Rasha M BashatwahDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Retzky College of Pharmacy, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60612, United States.
Megan J JurekDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Retzky College of Pharmacy, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60612, United States.
Isabel M ChauvinDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Retzky College of Pharmacy, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60612, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-6537-2097
Jimmy OrjalaDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Retzky College of Pharmacy, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60612, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-4420-2048
Andrew P RileyDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Retzky College of Pharmacy, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60612, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-3878-0597
Joanna E BurdetteDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Retzky College of Pharmacy, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60612, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-7271-6847
Matthew T HenkeDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Retzky College of Pharmacy, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60612, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-8325-6420

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The gut microbiome can influence drug efficacy through the direct metabolism of bioactive molecules. Despite numerous high-throughput screens for drug-microbiome interactions, the gut microbial metabolism of many bioactive compounds and its impact on treatment efficacy remain uncharacterized. We chose to investigate coumarins, which are a large class of bioactive natural products and chemical scaffolds for synthetic drugs. The core of the class, 1,2-benzopyrone, is metabolized by the microbiome to yield 3,4-dihydrocoumarin and melilotic acid via α,β-unsaturated lactone reduction. To explore the scope of this pathway, we screened a structurally diverse group of 12 bioactive coumarins using semitargeted LC-MS/MS metabolomics and

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CoumarinsGastrointestinal MicrobiomeLactonesFecesHumansMetabolomicsMolecular StructureCoumarinsLactones

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