Human bioavailability of flavanols and phenolic acids from cocoa-nut creams enriched with free or microencapsulated cocoa polyphenols

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 109, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1832-1843

  Vitaglione, Paola ^a   Barone Lumaga, Roberta ^a   Ferracane, Rosalia ^a   Sellitto, Sereno ^a   Morelló, José Ramón ^b   Reguant Miranda, Jordi ^b   Shimoni, Eyal ^c   Fogliano, Vincenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b La Morella Nuts   (Spain)

^c TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bioavailability; Cocoa polyphenols; Encapsulation; Functional food

Indexed keywords

EPICATECHIN; FLAVANOL DERIVATIVE; PHENOLIC ACID; POLYPHENOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABSORPTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; BLOOD; CACAO; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; FECES; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NORMAL HUMAN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; URINE; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; CACAO; CATECHIN; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DRUG COMPOUNDING; FECES; FEMALE; FLAVONOIDS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL ABSORPTION; MALE; NUTS; PHENOLS; PLANT EXTRACTS; POLYPHENOLS; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84877994732     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114512003881     Document Type: Article

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