Catechins and their oligomers linked by C4 → C8 bonds are major cacao polyphenols and protect low-density lipoprotein from oxidation in vitro

Experimental Biology and Medicine

Volumn 227, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 51-56

  Osakabe, Naomi ^a   Yasuda, Akiko ^a   Natsume, Midori ^d   Takizawa, Toshio ^a   Terao, Junji ^b   Kondo, Kazuo ^c  

^a MEIJI SEIKA KAISHA LTD   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^c OCHANOMIZU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Cacao; Catechin; Copper; LDL; MeO AMVN; Procyanidin

Indexed keywords

2,2' AZOBIS(2,4 DIMETHYLVALERONITRILE); 2,2' AZOBIS(4 METHOXY 2,4 DIMETHYLVALERONITRILE); CATECHIN; CINNAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CINNAMTANNIN A2; COPPER ION; EPICATECHIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; OLIGOMER; POLYPHENOL; PROCYANIDIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CACAO; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION;

THEOBROMA CACAO;

EID: 0036375101     PISSN: 00379727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/153537020222700109     Document Type: Article

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