Absorption and disposition kinetics of the dietary antioxidant quercetin in man

Free Radical Biology and Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 703-707

  Hollman, Peter C H ^a   Gaag, Martijn V D ^a   Mengelers, Marcel J B ^a   Van Trijp, John M P ^a   De Vries, Jeanne H M ^a   Katan, Martijn B ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dietary antioxidant; Flavonoids; Human absorption; Pharmacokinetics; Quercetin; Quercetin glycosides

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; FLAVONOID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; OXYGEN RADICAL; QUERCETIN DERIVATIVE; SCAVENGER;

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CANCER GROWTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DISPOSITION; DRUG ELIMINATION; DRUG HALF LIFE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFLAMMATION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; ONION; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALLIUM CEPA;

EID: 0345261543     PISSN: 08915849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0891-5849(96)00129-3     Document Type: Article

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