Ellagitannins - Nature, occurrence and dietary burden

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 80, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1118-1125

  Clifford, Michael N ^a   Scalbert, Augustin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Absorption; Bioavailability; Blackberry; Burden; Cancer prevention; Ellagic acid; Ellagitannins; Gallagic acid; Gallotannins; Hydrolysable tannins; Metabolism; Nuts; Pomegranate; Raspberry; Rosaceae; Strawberry; Terminalia spp; Toxicity; Yellow wood

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; BOVIDS; ELLAGIC ACID; ELLAGITANNIN; FOOD SOURCE; FRUIT; METABOLISM; NUT; RODENT; TOXICITY;

EID: 0034657277     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0010(20000515)80:7<1118::AID-JSFA570>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Review

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