Human urine: Epicatechin metabolites and antioxidant activity after cocoa beverage intake

Free Radical Research

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 943-949

  Roura, Elena ^a   Almajano, Ma Pilar ^b   Bilbao, Ma Lourdes Mata ^a   Andrés Lacueva, Cristina ^a   Estruch, Ramon ^a   Lamuela Raventós, Rosa Ma ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

(+) Epicatechin metabolites; Antioxidant activity; Cocoa powder; Flavonoids; TEAC; Urine

Indexed keywords

EPICATECHIN; EPICATECHIN GLUCURONIDE; EPICATECHIN SULFATE; FLAVONOID; POLYPHENOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URIC ACID;

ADULT; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BEVERAGE; CACAO; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NORMAL HUMAN; OPEN STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TIME; URINALYSIS; URINARY EXCRETION; URINE LEVEL; VOLUNTEER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIOXIDANTS; BEVERAGES; CACAO; CATECHIN; FEMALE; GLUCURONIDES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SULFURIC ACID ESTERS; URINALYSIS;

THEOBROMA CACAO;

EID: 34547494926     PISSN: 10715762     EISSN: 10292470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10715760701435236     Document Type: Article

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