The absorption, metabolism, and pharmacokinetics of chocolate polyphenols

Chocolate in Health and Nutrition

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 201-246

  Lau Cam, Cesar A ^a  

^a ST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chocolate; Chocolate matrix effects; Cocoa; Dietary factors; Excretion; Metabolism; Oral absorption; Pharmacokinetics; Polyphenols

Indexed keywords

EID: 84959392179     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-803-0_17     Document Type: Chapter

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