Ingestion of oregano extract increases excretion of urinary phenolic metabolites in humans

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 54, Issue 18, 2006, Pages 6916-6923

  Nurmi, Anna ^a   Nurmi, Tarja ^b   Mursu, Jaakko ^b   Hiltunen, Raimo ^a   Voutilainen, Sari ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Lamiaceae; Metabolism; Oregano; Origanum onites; Phenolic acids; Rosmarinic acid; Urine

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYLIC ACID; CINNAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; DEPSIDE; FLAVONOID; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PLANT EXTRACT; ROSMARINIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OREGANO; URINE;

ACIDS, CARBOCYCLIC; ADULT; CINNAMATES; DEPSIDES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FLAVONOIDS; HUMANS; MALE; ORIGANUM; PHENOLS; PLANT EXTRACTS;

LAMIACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; ORIGANUM ONITES; ORIGANUM VULGARE;

EID: 33748429669     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf060879n     Document Type: Article

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