The absorption, metabolism and excretion of flavan-3-ols and procyanidins following the ingestion of a grape seed extract by rats

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 170-181

  Tsang, Catherine ^a   Auger, Cyril ^b,c   Mullen, William ^a   Bornet, Aurélie ^c   Rouanet, Jean Max ^b   Crozier, Alan ^a   Teissedre, Pierre Louis ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^c SPO   (France)

Author keywords

Absorption; Excretion; Flavan 3 ols; HPLC MS MS; Metabolism; Procyanidins; Rats

Indexed keywords

CATECHIN; DIMER; DRUG METABOLITE; EPICATECHIN; EPICATECHIN GALLATE; FLAVAN 3 OL; FLAVANOL DERIVATIVE; GLUCURONIDE; GRAPE SEED EXTRACT; OLIGOMER; PLANT EXTRACT; POLYMER; PROANTHOCYANIDIN; PROCYANIDIN; PROCYANIDIN DERIVATIVE; TETRAMER; TRIMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DIET; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG EXCRETION; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG TISSUE LEVEL; GRAPE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PLANT SEED; RAT;

ABSORPTION; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BRAIN; CATECHIN; EATING; FECES; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PROANTHOCYANIDINS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEEDS; VITIS;

VITIS SP.;

EID: 25444482129     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/BJN20051480     Document Type: Article

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