Experiment 637530

Details

PropertyValue
Pharmacology
Administration routeORAL
OrganismEmpty organism
CitationPACKER,L: RIMBACH,G: VIRGILI,F:. (1999). ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY AND BIOLOGIC PROPERTIES OF A PROCYANIDIN-RICH EXTRACT FROM PINE (PINUS MARITIMA) BARK, PYCNOGENOL.. 37(5/6)
Amount utilized
Compound isolated
DiseaseONE TRIAL UTILIZED THE MODEL OF ILEOSTOMIZED PATIENTS TO ASSESS THE ABSORPTION OF QUERCETIN AND QUERCETIN GLYCOSIDES, WHICH ARE MOLECULES PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT FROM THE NUTRITIONAL POINT OF VIEW, WITH A CONSUMPTION ON THE ORDER OF MG/D IN A TYPICAL WESTERN DIET. AN AVERAGE ABSORPTION OF 50, 17, AND 24% OF QUERCETIN GLUCOSIDES, QUERCETIN RUTINOSIDE, AND QUERCETIN AGLYCONE, RESPECTIVELY, WAS OBSERVED, INDICATING THAT A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF INGESTED QUERCETIN IS ABSORBED IN HUMANS AND THAT CONJUGATION SIGNIFICANTLY ENHANCES THE ABSORPTION.
Number2
Qualitative result.
AnimalHUMAN ADULT
Dose expressionDOSE