Phytochemicals in Cocoa and Flavan-3-ol Bioavailability

Teas, Cocoa and Coffee: Plant Secondary Metabolites and Health

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 193-217

  Tomás Barbéran, Francisco ^a   Borges, Gina ^b   Crozier, Alan ^b  

^a RESEARCH GROUP ON QUALITY   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chocolate matrix; Cocoa beans, in chocolate; Flavan 3 ol bioavailability; Flavan 3 ol monomers; NADPH oxidase inhibitors; Oligomeric proanthocyanidins; Phenolic catabolites; Phytochemicals in cocoa; Ripe cocoa pods, sweet pulp

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888744258     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444347098.ch7     Document Type: Chapter

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