Milk decreases urinary excretion but not plasma pharmacokinetics of cocoa flavan-3-ol metabolites in humans

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1784-1791

  Mullen, William ^a   Borges, Gina ^a   Donovan, Jennifer L ^b   Edwards, Christine A ^a   Serafini, Mauro ^c   Lean, Michael E J ^a   Crozier, Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b Medical U of South Carolina   (United States)

^c ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATECHIN; EPICATECHIN; FLAVAN 3 OL; FLAVAN DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER; DRUG DERIVATIVE; EPICATECHIN SULFATE; FLAVAN-3-OL; FLAVONOID; PARACETAMOL; PLANT EXTRACT; SULFATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; BLOOD LEVEL; CACAO; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTESTINE TRANSIT TIME; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MILK; NORMAL HUMAN; STOMACH EMPTYING; URINALYSIS; URINARY EXCRETION; ANIMAL; BEVERAGE; BLOOD; CATTLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; URINE;

THEOBROMA CACAO;

ACETAMINOPHEN; ANIMALS; BEVERAGES; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; CACAO; CATECHIN; CATTLE; FLAVONOIDS; GASTRIC EMPTYING; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; HUMANS; MILK; PLANT EXTRACTS; SEEDS; SULFURIC ACID ESTERS;

EID: 66849115650     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.2008.27339     Document Type: Article

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