A metabolite profiling approach to identify biomarkers of flavonoid intake in humans

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 139, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2309-2314

  Loke, Wai Mun ^a,b   Jenner, Andrew M ^c   Proudfoot, Julie M ^a   McKinley, Allan J ^b   Hodgson, Jonathan M ^a   Halliwell, Barry ^c   Croft, Kevin D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 O METHYLGALLIC ACID; 4 ETHYLBENZOIC ACID; 4 ETHYLPHENOL; 4 O METHYLGALLIC ACID; AROMATIC COMPOUND; BENZENE DERIVATIVE; BENZOIC ACID; BENZOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; EPICATECHIN; EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; GALLIC ACID; GALLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; NITRATE; NITRITE; PHLOROGLUCINOL TRIMETHYL ETHER; PLACEBO; QUERCETIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABSORPTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; HYDROLYSIS; INGESTION; MALE; METABOLITE; NORMAL HUMAN; PLASMA; URINALYSIS; URINE;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BODY MASS INDEX; CATECHIN; FLAVONOIDS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMANS; KINETICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITRATES; NITRITES; PHENOLS; QUERCETIN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 72249105977     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.109.113613     Document Type: Article

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