Plasma kinetics in man of epicatechin from black chocolate

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 22-26

  Richelle, M ^a   Tavazzi, I ^a   Enslen, M ^a   Offord, E A ^a  

^a NESTLÉ RESEARCH CENTER   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Chocolate; Epicatechin; Low density lipoprotein; Polyphenol

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; EPICATECHIN; POLYPHENOL; THEOBROMINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CACAO; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SWITZERLAND; TIME;

THEOBROMA CACAO;

EID: 0032893641     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1600673     Document Type: Article

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