Abstract
Flavanols are an important fraction of our diet both for their antioxidant capacity and because they are constituents of greatly accepted foodstuffs such as tea, wine and cocoa. In addition to their antioxidant activity by directly scavenging intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS), flavanols have been recently shown to enhance protective enzymes. The objective was to evaluate the antioxidant response of colon-derived Caco2 cells to dietary flavanols.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 313-322 |
Number of pages | 10 |
Journal | European Journal of Nutrition |
Volume | 50 |
Issue number | 5 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Aug 2011 |
Keywords
- Antioxidants
- Glutathione
- Humans
- Caspase 3
- Caco-2 Cells
- Catechin
- Reactive Oxygen Species
- Cell Survival
- Biflavonoids
- Proanthocyanidins
- Oxidative Stress
- Glutathione Peroxidase
- Diet
- Epicatechin
- Epicatechin gallate
- Epigallocatechin-3-gallate
- Flavonoids