In vitro approaches to assess the effects of açai (Euterpe oleracea) digestion on polyphenol availability and the subsequent impact on the faecal microbiota

Food Chemistry

Volumn 234, Issue , 2017, Pages 190-198

  Alqurashi, Randah M ^a   Alarifi, Sehad N ^a   Walton, Gemma E ^a   Costabile, Adele F ^b   Rowland, Ian R ^a   Commane, Daniel M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROEHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

A ai pulp; DNA genotoxicity; Gut microbiota; Phenolic compounds; Simulated in vitro digestion

Indexed keywords

BATCH CELL CULTURE; FATTY ACIDS; FERMENTATION;

GASTROINTESTINAL DIGESTION; GENOTOXICITIES; GUT MICROBIOTA; IN-VITRO DIGESTIONS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; PHENOLIC COMPOUNDS; PLANT POLYPHENOLS; SHORT-CHAIN FATTY ACIDS;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION;

ANTHOCYANIN; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; POLYPHENOL; PREBIOTIC AGENT; SHORT CHAIN FATTY ACID; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTEROIDES; BATCH FERMENTATION; CLOSTRIDIUM HISTOLYTICUM; COLON FLORA; COMET ASSAY; CYTOTOXICITY ASSAY; DEGRADATION; DIGESTION; EUTERPE OLERACEA; FECES MICROFLORA; FERRIC REDUCING ANTIOXIDANT POWER ASSAY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENOTOXICITY ASSAY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN CELL CULTURE; IN VITRO STUDY; LARGE INTESTINE; PREVOTELLA; SIMULATION; CHEMISTRY; EUTERPE; FERMENTATION; MICROFLORA;

DIGESTION; EUTERPE; FERMENTATION; HUMANS; MICROBIOTA; PLANT EXTRACTS; POLYPHENOLS;

EID: 85018297351     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: 18737072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2017.04.164     Document Type: Article

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