Decomposition of cocoa procyanidins in the gastric milieu

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 272, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 236-241

  Spencer, Jeremy P E ^a   Chaudry, Fozia ^a   Pannala, Ananth Sekher ^a   Srai, S Kaila ^b   Debnam, Edward ^b   Rice Evans, Catherine ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Absorption; Epicatechin; Gastric juice; Glucuronide; Ileum; Jejunum; Procyanidin

Indexed keywords

EPICATECHIN; FLAVANOID; OLIGOMER; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; POLYPHENOL; PROCYANIDIN;

ARTICLE; CACAO; DECOMPOSITION; DIGESTION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL INTESTINE ABSORPTION; STOMACH ABSORPTION; STOMACH ACID;

THEOBROMA CACAO;

EID: 0034720446     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.2000.2749     Document Type: Article

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