Oral bioavailability of the flavonol quercetin - A review

Current Topics in Nutraceutical Research

Volumn 4, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 239-256

  Lesser, Stephanie ^a,b   Wolffram, Siegfried ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bioavailability; Flavonols; Intestinal absorption; Quercetin3

Indexed keywords

FLAVONOL; GLYCOSYLCERAMIDASE; LACTASE; PHLORIZIN; QUERCETIN;

AREA UNDER THE CURVE; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG CONJUGATION; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG ELIMINATION; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG SOLUBILITY; DRUG STRUCTURE; ENTEROHEPATIC CIRCULATION; FOOD COMPOSITION; HUMAN; INTESTINE ABSORPTION; INTESTINE FLORA; NONHUMAN; REVIEW;

EID: 34247117650     PISSN: 15407535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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