Hostname: page-component-78c5997874-dh8gc Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-11-04T21:02:00.887Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false

Parsley, polyphenols and nutritional antioxidants

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2007

Garry G. Duthie
Affiliation:
Rowett Research Institute, Greenburn Road Aberdeen, AB21 9SB, United Kingdom
Rights & Permissions [Opens in a new window]

Abstract

Image of the first page of this content. For PDF version, please use the ‘Save PDF’ preceeding this image.'
Type
Invited commentary
Copyright
Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1999

References

Block, G, Patterson, B & Subhar, A (1992) Fruit, vegetables, and cancer prevention: a review of the epidemiological evidence. Nutrition and Cancer 18, 129.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Barrow, A & Griffiths, LA (1971) The biliary excretion of hydroxyethylrutosides and other flavonoids in the rat. Biochemical Journal 125, 24P25P.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Das, NP (1969) Studies on flavonoid metabolism. Degradation of (+)-catechin by rat intestinal contents. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta 177, 668670.Google Scholar
Duthie, GG, Pedersen, MW, Gardner, PT, Morrice, PC, Jenkinson, AMcE, McPhail, DB & Steele, GM (1998) The effect of whisky and wine consumption on total phenol content and antioxidant capacity of plasma from healthy volunteers. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition 52, 733736.Google Scholar
Dutta-Roy, AK, Gordon, MJ, Campbell, FM, Duthie, GG & James, WPT (1994) Vitamin E requirements, transport, and metabolism: role of a-tocopherol-binding proteins. Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry 5, 562570.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Gardner, PT, McPhail, DB & Duthie, GG (1997) Electron spin resonance spectroscopic assessment of the antioxidant potential of teas in aqueous and organic media. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture 76, 257262.3.0.CO;2-B>CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Hertog, MGL, Feskens, EJ, Hollman, PCH, Katan, MB & Kromhout, D (1993) Dietary antioxidant flavonoids and risk of coronary heart disease: the Zutphen elderly study. Lancet 342, 833837.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Hollman, PCH, van Trijp, JMP, Buysman, NCP, VanderGaag, MS, Mengelers, MJB, de Vries, JHM & Katan, MB (1997) Relative bioavailability of the antioxidant flavonoid quercetin from various foods in man. FEBS Letters 418, 152156.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Kuhnau, J (1976) The flavonoids. A class of semi-essential food components: their role in human nutrition. World Review of Nutrition and Dietetics 24, 117191.Google Scholar
Manach, C, Morand, C, Crespy, V, Demigné, C, Texier, O, Régérat, F & Rémésy, C (1998) Quercetin is recovered in human plasma as conjugated derivatives which retain antioxidant properties. FEBS Letters 426, 331336.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Manach, C, Morand, C, Texier, O, Favier, M-L, Agullo, G, Demigné, C, Régérat, F & Rémésy, C (1994) Quercetin metabolites in plasma of rats fed diets containing rutin or quercetin. Journal of Nutrition 125, 19111922.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Manach, C, Texier, O, Régérat, F, Agullo, G, Demigné, C & Rémésy, C. (1996) Dietary quercetin is recovered in rat plasma as conjugated derivates of isorhamnetin and quercetin. Nutritional Biochemistry 7, 375380.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Nakagawa, Y, Shetlar, ME & Wender, SH (1965) Urinary products from quercetin in neomycin-treated rats. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta 97, 233241.Google Scholar
Ness, AR & Powles, JW (1997) Fruit and vegetables, and cardiovascular disease: a review. International Journal of Epidemiology 26, 113.Google Scholar
Nielsen, SE, Young, JF, Daneshvar, B, Lauridsen, ST, Knuthsen, P, Sandström, B & Dragsted, LO (1999) Effect of parsley (Petroselinum crispum) intake on urinary apigenin excretion, blood antioxidant enzymes and biomarkers for oxidative stress in human subjects. British Journal of Nutrition 81, 447455.Google Scholar
Noteborn, HP, Jansen, E, Benito, S & Mengelers, MJ (1997) Oral absorption and metabolism of quercetin and sugar-conjugated derivatives in specific transport systems. Cancer Letters 114, 175177.Google Scholar
Omenn, GS, Goodman, GE, Thornquist, MD, Balmes, J, Cullen, MR, Glass, A, Keogh, JP, Meyskens, FL, Valanis, B, Williams, JH, Barnhart, S & Hammar, S (1996) Effects of a combination of beta-carotene and vitamin A on lung cancer and cardiovascular disease. New England Journal of Medicine 334, 11501155.Google Scholar
Rapola, J, Virtamo, J, Ripatti, S, Huttunen, JK, Albanes, D, Taylor, PR & Heinonen, OP (1997) Randomised trial of alpha-tocopherol and beta-carotene supplements on incidence of major coronary events in men with previous myocardial infarction. Lancet 349, 17151720.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed