Accumulation of (-)-epicatechin metabolites in rat plasma after oral administration and distribution of conjugation enzymes in rat tissues

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 128, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1172-1178

  Piskula, Mariusz K ^a   Terao, Junji ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL REPRODUCTION AND FOOD RESEARCH   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

( ) epicatechin; Absorption; Blood; Conjugate; Rats

Indexed keywords

ARYL SULFOTRANSFERASE; CATECHOL METHYLTRANSFERASE; DRUG METABOLITE; ENZYME; EPICATECHIN; EPICATECHIN GLUCURONIDE; EPICATECHIN SULFATE; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG ACCUMULATION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG CONJUGATION; DRUG GLUCURONIDATION; DRUG METABOLISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; INTESTINE MUCOSA; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RAT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031820964     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/128.7.1172     Document Type: Article

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