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ID 83485
著者
寺尾, 純二 Department of Nutrition, The University of Tokushima School of Medicine 徳島大学 教育研究者総覧 KAKEN研究者をさがす
キーワード
flavonoid
quercetin
(-)-epicatechin
antioxidant
glucuronidation
資料タイプ
学術雑誌論文
抄録
Flavonoids are present in mainly plant foods and have attracted much atten-tion in relation to disease prevention. Their antioxidant activity at least partly accounts for their potential health effect, because oxidative stress leads to a variety of patho-physiological events. It is essential to know the bioavailability of flavonoids involving intestinal absorption, metabolic conversion and urinary excretion, in order to evaluate their in vivo antioxidant activity after intake. Here (-)-epicatechin and quercetin were selected as typical flavanol- and flavonol-flavonoids present in vegetables, fruits and tea. Our rat study suggests that their metabolic conversion begins in the intestinal mucosa where the activity of uridine-5'-diphosphoglucuronosyltransferase (UGT) is at its highest. Both flavonoids accumulated mostly as glucuronide and sulfate conjugates in blood plasma after oral administration. No intact quercetin was found in the circulation. However, on the oral administration of these flavonoids, the antioxidative ability of rat plasma was enhanced indicating that conjugated metabolites participate in the anti-oxidant defense in blood plasma. Therefore, the intake of vegetables, fruits and tea rich in flavonoids may help to prevent oxidative damages in the blood.
掲載誌名
The journal of medical investigation : JMI
ISSN
13431420
cat書誌ID
AA11166929
46
3-4
開始ページ
159
終了ページ
168
並び順
159
発行日
1999
備考
フルテキストファイル
言語
eng
部局
医学系