Effects of Oligonol®, an oligomerized polyphenol formulated from lychee fruit, on serum concentration and urinary excretion of uric acid

Journal of Functional Foods

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 13-16

  Moriwaki, Yuji ^a   Okuda, Chihiro ^a   Yamamoto, Asako ^a   Ka, Tsuneyoshi ^a   Tsutsumi, Zenta ^a   Takahashi, Sumio ^a   Yamamoto, Tetsuya ^a   Kitadate, Kentaro ^b   Wakame, Koji ^b  

^a HYOGO COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Amino Up Chemical Co   (Japan)

Author keywords

Lychee; Oligonol ; Polyphenol; Uric acid; Xanthine oxidase

Indexed keywords

LITCHI CHINENSIS;

EID: 79953057606     PISSN: 17564646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jff.2010.11.002     Document Type: Article

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