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BRITISH JOURNAL OF NUTRITION
Volume 107, Issue 4, Pages 539-546Publisher
CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114511003242
Keywords
Quercetin; Bioavailability; Onions; Human studies
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- German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) [0313856A]
- Schwartauer-Werke GmbH Company KGaA
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The flavonol quercetin, is one of the major flavonoids found in edible plants. The bioavailability of quercetin in humans may be influenced by the food matrix in which it is consumed as well as by its chemical and physical form. The objective of the present study was to investigate the biokinetics of quercetin from quercetin-enriched cereal bars and quercetin powder-filled hard capsules. In a randomised, single-blinded, diet-controlled cross-over study, six healthy women aged 22-28 years took a single oral dose of approximately 130mg quercetin equivalents from either quercetin-enriched cereal bars (containing 93.3% quercetin aglycone plus 6.7% quercetin-4'-glucoside) or quercetin powder-filled hard capsules (100% quercetin aglycone). Blood samples were drawn before and after quercetin administration over a 24 h period. The concentrations of quercetin and its monomethylated derivatives, isorhamnetin (3'-O-methyl quercetin) and tamarixetin (4'-O-methyl quercetin), were measured by HPLC with fluorescence detection after plasma enzymatic treatment. The systemic availability as determined by comparing the plasma concentration-time curves of quercetin was found to be five times and the c(max) values six times higher after ingestion of 130mg quercetin by quercetin-enriched cereal bars than after ingestion by quercetin capsules. In contrast, t(max) did not differ significantly between the two treatments. The cmax values for isorhamnetin and tamarixetin were four and nine times higher after ingestion of quercetin by quercetin-enriched cereal bars than after ingestion by quercetin capsules. In conclusion, quercetin from quercetin-enriched cereal bars is significantly more bioavailable than from quercetin powder-filled hard capsules.
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