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JOURNAL OF DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS
Volume 19, Issue 5, Pages 672-688Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/19390211.2021.1914802
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Acute-supplementation; anthocyanin; habitual diet; phenolic acids; systemic appearance
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The study demonstrates that supplementing with NZBC extract can increase the plasma uptake of phenolic acids GA and PCA, even when following a habitual diet in the days leading up to the trial. However, there is apparent variability between individuals in the response to the supplementation.
New Zealand blackcurrant (NZBC) extract is a rich source of anthocyanins and in order to exert physiological effects, the anthocyanin-derived metabolites need to be bioavailable in vivo. We examined the plasma uptake of selected phenolic acids following NZBC extract supplementation alongside maintaining a habitual diet (i.e. not restricting habitual polyphenol intake). Twenty healthy volunteers (nine females, age: 28 +/- 7 years, height 1.73 +/- 0.09 m, body mass 73 +/- 11 kg) consumed a 300 mg NZBC extract capsule (CurraNZ(R); anthocyanin content 105 mg) following an overnight fast. Venous blood samples were taken pre and 1, 1.5, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 h post-ingestion of the capsule. Reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) was used for analysis of two dihydroxybenzoic acids [i.e. vanillic acid (VA) and protocatechuic acid (PCA)] and one trihydroxybenzoic acid [i.e. gallic acid (GA)] in plasma following NZBC extract supplementation. Habitual anthocyanin intake was 168 (95%CI:68-404) mg.day(-1) and no associations were observed between this and VA, PCA, and GA plasma uptake by the NZBC extract intake. Plasma time-concentration curves revealed that GA, and PCA were most abundant at 4, and 1.5 h post-ingestion, representing a 261% and 320% increase above baseline, respectively, with VA remaining unchanged. This is the first study to demonstrate that an NZBC extract supplement increases the plasma uptake of phenolic acids GA, and PCA even when a habitual diet is followed in the days preceding the experimental trial, although inter-individual variability is apparent.
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