Theobromine enhances absorption of cacao polyphenol in rats

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 78, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 2059-2063

  Yamamoto, Takayuki ^a,b   Takahashi, Haruya ^a   Suzuki, Koichiro ^b   Hirano, Akira ^b   Kamei, Masanori ^b   Goto, Tsuyoshi ^a   Takahashi, Nobuyuki ^a   Kawada, Teruo ^a  

^a Laboratory of Forest Ecology   (Japan)

^b Morinaga and Company Limited   (Japan)

Author keywords

Absorption; Cacao polyphenol; Caco 2; Rat; Theobromine

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; FLAVONOIDS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; RATING; RATS;

CACO-2; COCOA POWDER; DOSE-DEPENDENT MANNER; EPICATECHIN; POLYPHENOLS; THEOBROMINE; TIGHT JUNCTIONS; ULTRA-HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHIES;

LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY;

RATTUS; THEOBROMA CACAO;

CATECHIN; EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; PLANT EXTRACT; POLYPHENOL; THEOBROMINE;

ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANIMAL; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; CACAO; CHEMISTRY; MALE; METABOLISM; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RAT; WISTAR RAT;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; AREA UNDER CURVE; CACAO; CATECHIN; MALE; PLANT EXTRACTS; POLYPHENOLS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; THEOBROMINE;

EID: 84920846155     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09168451.2014.942252     Document Type: Article

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