Dietary flavonoids with a catechol structure increase α-tocopherol in rats and protect the vitamin from oxidation in vitro1

Journal of Lipid Research

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2718-2725

  Frank, Jan ^a   Budek, Alicja ^a   Lundh, Torbjörn ^a   Parker, Robert S ^b   Swanson, Joy E ^b   Lourenço, Cátia F ^c   Gago, Bruno ^c   Laranjinha, João ^c   Vessby, Bengt ^d   Kamal Eldin, Afaf ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

(+) catechin; ( ) epicatechin; Cytochrome P450; Hepatocytes; HepG2; Quercetin; Tocopherol hydroxylase; Tocopheroxyl radical

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; CATECHIN; CATECHOL; EPICATECHIN; FLAVANOID; FREE RADICAL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; QUERCETIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; IN VITRO STUDY; LIVER CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN METABOLISM;

ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL; ANIMALS; CATECHOLS; DIET; FLAVONOIDS; HUMANS; LIPOPROTEINS, LDL; LIVER; MALE; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 33845570860     PISSN: 00222275     EISSN: 15397262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1194/jlr.M600291-JLR200     Document Type: Article

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