Bioactivation of High-Molecular-Weight Polyphenols by the Gut Microbiome

Diet-Microbe Interactions in the Gut: Effects on Human Health and Disease

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 73-101

  Mena, Pedro ^a,b   Calani, Luca ^a   Bruni, Renato ^a   Del Rio, Daniele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b RESEARCH GROUP ON QUALITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bioavailability; Ellagitannin; Flavan 3 ol; Gallotannin; Gut microbiota; Phenolic acid; Proanthocyanidin; Urolithin; Valerolactone

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922877298     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-407825-3.00006-X     Document Type: Chapter

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