Microbial metabolism of caffeic acid and its esters chlorogenic and caftaric acids by human faecal microbiota in vitro

Biomedicine and Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 60, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 536-540

  Gonthier, M P ^a   Remesy, C ^a   Scalbert, A ^a   Cheynier, V ^b   Souquet, J M ^b   Poutanen, K ^c   Aura, A M ^c  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b SPO   (France)

^c VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Caffeic acid; Caftaric acid; Chlorogenic acid; Faecal microbiota; In vitro metabolism; Polyphenols

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXYPHENYLPROPIONIC ACID; BENZOIC ACID; CAFFEIC ACID; CAFFEIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CAFTARIC ACID; CHLOROGENIC ACID; ESTER; PROPIONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; QUINIC ACID; TARTARIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PHENOL DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; FECES MICROFLORA; FERMENTATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; INTESTINE FLORA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BACTERIUM; FECES; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIA; CAFFEIC ACIDS; CHLOROGENIC ACID; FECES; FERMENTATION; HUMANS; PHENOLS;

EID: 33751004148     PISSN: 07533322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopha.2006.07.084     Document Type: Article

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