Experiment 68712

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PropertyValue
Pharmacology
Administration routeORAL
OrganismEmpty organism
CitationGRAEFE,EU: WITTIG,J: MUELLER,S: RIETHLING,AK: UEHLEKE,B: DREWELOW,B: PROFTE,H: JACOBASCH,G: DERENDORF,H: VEIT,M:. (2001). PHARMACOKINETICS AND BIOAVAILABILITY OF QUERCETIN GLYCOSIDES IN HUMANS.. 41(5)
Amount utilized
Compound isolated
Disease12 HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS IN A 4-WAY CROSSOVER STUDY. EACH SUBJECT RECEIVED AN ONION SUPPLEMENT OR QUERCETIN-4'-O-GLUCOSIDE (BOTH EQUIV. TO 100 MG QUERCETIN) AS WELL AS QUERCETIN-3-O-RUTINOSIDE AND BUCKWHEAT TEA (BOTH EQUIV. TO 200 MG QUERCETIN). IN HUMAN PLASMA, ONLY QUERCETIN GLUCURONIDES, BUT NO FREE QUERCETIN, COULD BE DETECTED, NO SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE IN THE BIOAVAILABILITY AND PHARAMCOKINETIC PARAMETERS. THE TERMINAL ELIMINATION HALF-LIFE WAS 11 H FOR ALL THE TREATMENTS. THUS, THE DISPOSITION OF QUERCETIN IN HUMANS PRIMARILY DEPENDS ON THE SUGAR MOIETY.
Dose amountVAR
Number1
Qualitative resultACTIVE
AnimalHUMAN ADULT
Dose expressionDOSE