Flavanols: digestion, absorption and bioactivity
Flavanols: digestion, absorption and bioactivity
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Dordrecht: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands
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Flavanols, or flavan-3-ols, are a family of bioactive compounds present in cocoa, red wine, green tea, red grapes, berries and apples. With a basic monomer unit of (-)-epicatechin or (+)-catechin, flavanols can be present in foods and beverages as monomers or oligomers (procyanidins). Most, but not all, procyanidins are degraded into monomer or dim...
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Flavanols: digestion, absorption and bioactivity
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TN_cdi_proquest_journals_2259411268
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_journals_2259411268
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1568-7767
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1572-980X
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10.1007/s11101-007-9070-4
