Elucidation of (-)-epicatechin metabolites after ingestion of chocolate by healthy humans

Free Radical Biology and Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 787-795

  Actis Goretta, Lucas ^a   Lévèques, Antoine ^a   Giuffrida, Francesca ^a   Romanov Michailidis, Fedor ^a   Viton, Florian ^a   Barron, Denis ^a   Duenas Paton, Montserrat ^b   Gonzalez Manzano, Susana ^b   Santos Buelga, Celestino ^b   Williamson, Gary ^a,c   Dionisi, Fabiola ^a  

^a NESTLÉ RESEARCH CENTER   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

( ) Epicatechin; Chocolate; Cocoa; Free radicals; Humans; Metabolites

Indexed keywords

EPICATECHIN; EPICATECHIN 3' BETA DEXTRO GLUCURONIDE; EPICATECHIN 3' SULFATE; FLAVONOID; GLUCURONIDE; O METHYL SULFATE; SULFATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CACAO; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MAXIMUM PLASMA CONCENTRATION; METABOLITE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINALYSIS; URINARY EXCRETION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AREA UNDER CURVE; CACAO; CATECHIN; CHROMATOGRAPHY, REVERSE-PHASE; HALF-LIFE; HEALTH; HUMANS; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; REFERENCE STANDARDS; YOUNG ADULT;

THEOBROMA CACAO;

EID: 84864397350     PISSN: 08915849     EISSN: 18734596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2012.05.023     Document Type: Article

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