Cereal alkylresorcinols are absorbed by humans

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 133, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 2222-2224

  Ross, Alastair B ^a   Kamal Eldin, Afaf ^a   Lundin, Eva A ^b   Zhang, Jie Xian ^b   Hallmans, Göran ^b   Åman, Per ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alkylresorcinols; Biomarker; Human ileostomists; Rye bread; Whole grain cereals

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; LIPID; RESORCINOL DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAN; BREAD; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; CEREAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY FIBER; DIGESTION; EFFLUENT; FEMALE; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD INTAKE; HIGH FIBER DIET; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ILEOSTOMY; INTESTINE ABSORPTION; MALE; RYE; WHEAT;

SECALE CEREALE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0038267386     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/133.7.2222     Document Type: Article

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