Do polyphenols enter the brain and does it matter? Some theoretical and practical considerations

Genes and Nutrition

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 99-109

  Schaffer, Sebastian ^a   Halliwell, Barry ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Effective brain concentration; Gut microbiota; Hormesis; Metabolic signalling; Plasma concentration; Polyphenols; Residual blood; Vitamin C

Indexed keywords

APIGENIN; ASCORBIC ACID; CATECHIN; DOPAMINE; EPICATECHIN; EPIGALLOCATECHIN; EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; FISETIN; GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT; ISOQUERCITRIN; ISORHAMNETIN; KAEMPFEROL; LUTEOLIN; MORIN; MYRICETIN; NORADRENALIN; POLYPHENOL DERIVATIVE; QUERCETIN; RUTOSIDE; TAXIFOLIN; THIONEINE;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOAVAILABILITY; BRAIN LEVEL; BRAIN METABOLISM; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG BRAIN LEVEL; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG PENETRATION; EXPERIMENTAL MOUSE; HUMAN; INTESTINE FLORA; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; METABOLITE; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SOLUBILITY; THEORETICAL STUDY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84860780781     PISSN: 15558932     EISSN: 18653499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12263-011-0255-5     Document Type: Review

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