Proline betaine and its biotransformation products in fasting urine samples are potential biomarkers of habitual citrus fruit consumption

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 106, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 812-824

  Lloyd, Amanda J ^a   Beckmann, Manfred ^a   Favé, Gaëlle ^b   Mathers, John C ^b   Draper, John ^a  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; Citrus fruits; Dietary exposure; Metabolomics; Proline betaine; Urine

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HESPERIDIN; NARIRUTIN; PROLINE BETAINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DISACCHARIDE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; FLAVANONE DERIVATIVE; PROLINE; STACHYDRINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CITRUS FRUIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; ELECTROSPRAY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; METABOLITE; METABOLOMICS; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; ORANGE JUICE; POSTPRANDIAL STATE; PREDICTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TEST MEAL; URINALYSIS; URINARY EXCRETION; CHEMICAL MODEL; DIET; DOSE RESPONSE; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; TIME;

CITRUS;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CITRUS; DIET; DISACCHARIDES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FLAVANONES; HESPERIDIN; HUMANS; METABOLOMICS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; PROLINE; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; TIME FACTORS; URINALYSIS;

EID: 80555125170     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114511001164     Document Type: Article

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