Comparison of (-)-epigallocatechin-3-O-gallate (EGCG) and O-methyl EGCG bioavailability in rats

Biological and Pharmaceutical Bulletin

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1577-1582

  Oritani, Yukihiro ^a   Setoguchi, Yuko ^a   Ito, Ryouichi ^a   Maruki Uchida, Hiroko ^a   Ichiyanagi, Takashi ^b   Ito, Tatsuhiko ^a  

^a Morinaga and Company Limited   (Japan)

^b NIIGATA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

( ) epigallocatechin 3 O (4 O methyl)gallate; ( ) epigallocatechin 3 O (3 O methyl)gallate; Absorption; Benifuuki; Bioavailability; Catechin

Indexed keywords

EPIGALLOCATECHIN; EPIGALLOCATECHIN 3 O (4 O METHYL)GALLATE; EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRIBUTION VOLUME; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG STRUCTURE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MAXIMUM PLASMA CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; RAT; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION;

ANIMALS; AREA UNDER CURVE; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; CAMELLIA SINENSIS; CATECHIN; GALLIC ACID; MALE; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TEA;

EID: 84887124443     PISSN: 09186158     EISSN: 13475215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1248/bpb.b13-00349     Document Type: Article

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