Distribution of epicatechin metabolites in lymphoid tissues and testes of young rats with a cocoa-enriched diet

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 103, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1393-1397

  Urpi Sarda, Mireia ^a,b   Ramiro Puig, Emma ^a   Khan, Nasiruddin ^a,b   Ramos Romero, Sara ^a   Llorach, Rafael ^a,b   Castell, Margarida ^a   Gonzalez Manzano, Susana ^b,c   Santos Buelga, Celestino ^b,c   Andres Lacueva, Cristina ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b CONSOLIDER INGENIO 2010 Program ^*  (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cocoa; Epicatechin metabolites; Lymphoid tissues; Testes

Indexed keywords

EPICATECHIN; GLUCURONIDE; CATECHIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BODY DISTRIBUTION; CACAO; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG TISSUE LEVEL; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIVER PARENCHYMA; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MALE; MESENTERY LYMPH NODE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; RAT; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; SPLEEN; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TESTIS; THYMUS; ANIMAL; DIET; LIVER; METABOLISM; WISTAR RAT;

RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; THEOBROMA CACAO;

ANIMALS; CACAO; CATECHIN; DIET; FEMALE; LIVER; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TESTIS;

EID: 77953029455     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114509993473     Document Type: Article

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