Catechins are bioavailable in men and women drinking black tea throughout the day

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 131, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1731-1737

  Warden, Beverly A ^a   Smith, Lametta S ^b,c   Beecher, Gary R ^c   Balentine, Douglas A ^d   Clevidence, Beverly A ^c  

^a Research Triangle Institute   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BELTSVILLE HUMAN NUTRITION RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d UNILEVER RESEARCH VLAARDINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bioavailability; Black tea; Catechins; HPLC coularray; Human study

Indexed keywords

CATECHIN; EPICATECHIN; EPICATECHIN GALLATE; EPIGALLOCATECHIN; EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; FLAVONOID; POLYPHENOL;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; BLOOD LEVEL; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; TEA; URINARY EXCRETION;

CAMELLIA SINENSIS;

EID: 0034982460     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/131.6.1731     Document Type: Article

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