Aspalathin, a flavonoid in Aspalathus linearis (rooibos), is absorbed by pig intestine as a C-glycoside

Nutrition Research

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 690-701

  Kreuz, Susanne ^a   Joubert, Elizabeth ^b,c   Waldmann, Karl Heinz ^d   Ternes, Waldemar ^a  

^a Institute for Food Toxicology and Analytical Chemistry   (Germany)

^b ARC INFRUITEC NIETVOORBIJ   (South Africa)

^c STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^d Small Ruminants   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aspalathin; C glycoside; LC MS; Metabolism; Pig; Plasma; Urine

Indexed keywords

AGLYCONE; ASPALATHIN; ERIODICTYOL; FLAVONOID; GLUCURONIC ACID; GLYCOSIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASPALATHUS; ASPALATHUS LINEARIS; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD LEVEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GLUCURONIDATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTESTINE ABSORPTION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLITE; METHYLATION; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE; URINALYSIS; URINE LEVEL;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; ASPALATHUS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CHALCONES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; FEMALE; INTESTINAL ABSORPTION; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PLANT EXTRACTS; SWINE;

ASPALATHUS LINEARIS; SUIDAE;

EID: 53449087260     PISSN: 02715317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nutres.2008.08.002     Document Type: Article

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