Bioavailability and antioxidant activity of tea flavanols after consumption of green tea, black tea, or a green tea extract supplement

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1558-1564

  Henning, Susanne M ^a   Niu, Yantao ^a   Lee, Nicolas H ^a   Thames, Gail D ^a   Minutti, Rosario R ^a   Wang, Hejing ^b   Go, Vay Liang W ^a   Heber, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antioxidant capacity; Bioavailability; Black tea; Green tea; Pharmacokinetics; Tea flavanols; Trolox equivalent antioxidant capacity

Indexed keywords

EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; FLAVANOL DERIVATIVE; ANTIOXIDANT; CAFFEINE; CATECHIN; DRUG DERIVATIVE; FLAVONOID; FLAVONOL DERIVATIVE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; POLYPHENOLS;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG DOSAGE FORM; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; TEA; ADULT; BEVERAGE; BIOAVAILABILITY; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; INTESTINE ABSORPTION; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; URINE;

CAMELLIA SINENSIS;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; ANTIOXIDANTS; BEVERAGES; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; CAFFEINE; CATECHIN; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FLAVONOIDS; FLAVONOLS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL ABSORPTION; MALE; PHENOLS; TEA;

EID: 16544394714     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/80.6.1558     Document Type: Article

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