Concentrations of Proanthocyanidins in Common Foods and Estimations of Normal Consumption

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 134, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 613-617

  Gu, Liwei ^a   Kelm, Mark A ^b   Hammerstone, John F ^b   Beecher, Gary ^c   Holden, Joanne ^c   Haytowitz, David ^c   Gebhardt, Susan ^c   Prior, Ronald L ^a  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^b MARS INC   (United States)

^c BELTSVILLE HUMAN NUTRITION RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Catechin; Foods; Infant foods; Proanthocyanidins; Tannins

Indexed keywords

DIMER; FLAVONOID; MONOMER; PROANTHOCYANIDIN;

APPLE; ARTICLE; BABY FOOD; CACAO; DIET; DIETARY INTAKE; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; GRAPE; HUMAN; NUTRITION; UNITED STATES;

MALUS X DOMESTICA; THEOBROMA CACAO; VITACEAE; VITIS SP.;

EID: 1542286856     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/134.3.613     Document Type: Article

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