Polyphenols from Bee Pollen: Structure, absorption, metabolism and biological activity

Molecules

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 21732-21749

  Rzepecka Stojko, Anna ^a   Stojko, Jerzy ^a   Kurek Górecka, Anna ^b   Górecki, Michał ^a   Kabała Dzik, Agata ^a   Kubina, Robert ^a   Moździerz, Aleksandra ^a   Buszman, Ewa ^a   Iriti, Marcello ^c  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

^b Ilesian Medical College in Katowice   (Poland)

^c Medical University of Silesia in Katowice ^*

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Bee pollen; Natural product; Polyphenols

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; PLANT EXTRACT; POLYPHENOL;

ANIMAL; BEE; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; INTESTINE ABSORPTION; METABOLISM; POLLEN;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BEES; HUMANS; INTESTINAL ABSORPTION; PLANT EXTRACTS; POLLEN; POLYPHENOLS;

EID: 84954338859     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14203049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/molecules201219800     Document Type: Review

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