Cocoa flavanols: Measurement, bioavailability and bioactivity

Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 17, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages 280-283

  Kwik Uribe, Catherine ^a   Bektash, Roger M ^a  

^a MARS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Analysis; Bioavailability; Cocoa; Flavanols; Flavonoids

Indexed keywords

THEOBROMA CACAO;

FLAVONOID;

BIOAVAILABILITY; CACAO; CHEMISTRY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTESTINE ABSORPTION; METHODOLOGY; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; REVIEW;

BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; CACAO; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; FLAVONOIDS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL ABSORPTION; NUTRITIVE VALUE;

EID: 46049117560     PISSN: 09647058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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