Showing all polyphenol metabolites originating from consumption of Cocoa powder, natural, Forastero variety
Biofluid analysed after enzymatic deconjugation 
| Urine | Plasma | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Polyphenol metabolite | Composition of the [polyphenol] source | Doses administered |
Dose duration |
Total no. subjects | Mean urinary excretion (%) | Kinetic data | Tmax (hours) | Mean Cmax (µmol/L) | Half life (hours) | AUC (µmol/L·h) | Kinetic data | Reference |
| rat studies | ||||||||||||
| (-)-Epicatechin |
Food administered |
4.8 g/kg bw/day | 2 weeks | 7 | 5.49 nmol/mg creatinine after 14 days | URPI-SARDA 2009 2 | ||||||
| 3,4-Dihydroxyphenylacetic acid |
Food administered |
4.8 g/kg bw/day | 2 weeks | 7 | 0.94 nmol/mg creatinine after 14 days | URPI-SARDA 2009 2 | ||||||
| 3-Hydroxybenzoic acid |
Food administered |
4.8 g/kg bw/day | 2 weeks | 7 | 0.73 nmol/mg creatinine after 14 days | URPI-SARDA 2009 2 | ||||||
| 3-Hydroxyphenylacetic acid |
Food administered |
4.8 g/kg bw/day | 2 weeks | 7 | 67.67 nmol/mg creatinine after 14 days | URPI-SARDA 2009 2 | ||||||
| 4-Hydroxybenzoic acid |
Food administered |
4.8 g/kg bw/day | 2 weeks | 7 | 20.08 nmol/mg creatinine after 14 days | URPI-SARDA 2009 2 | ||||||
| Caffeic acid |
Food administered |
4.8 g/kg bw/day | 2 weeks | 7 | 0.04 nmol/mg creatinine after 14 days | URPI-SARDA 2009 2 | ||||||
| Dihydrocaffeic acid |
Food administered |
4.8 g/kg bw/day | 2 weeks | 7 | 0.39 nmol/mg creatinine after 14 days | URPI-SARDA 2009 2 | ||||||
| Enterodiol |
Food administered |
4.8 g/kg bw/day | 2 weeks | 7 | 0.004 nmol/mg creatinine after 14 days | URPI-SARDA 2009 2 | ||||||
| Enterolactone |
Food administered |
4.8 g/kg bw/day | 2 weeks | 7 | 0.26 nmol/mg creatinine after 14 days | URPI-SARDA 2009 2 | ||||||
| Ferulic acid |
Food administered |
4.8 g/kg bw/day | 2 weeks | 7 | 3.48 nmol/mg creatinine after 14 days | URPI-SARDA 2009 2 | ||||||
| Hippuric acid |
Food administered |
4.8 g/kg bw/day | 2 weeks | 7 | 62.45 nmol/mg creatinine after 14 days | URPI-SARDA 2009 2 | ||||||
| Homovanillic acid |
Food administered |
4.8 g/kg bw/day | 2 weeks | 7 | 5.92 nmol/mg creatinine after 14 days | URPI-SARDA 2009 2 | ||||||
| m-Coumaric acid |
Food administered |
4.8 g/kg bw/day | 2 weeks | 7 | 14.64 nmol/mg creatinine after 14 days | URPI-SARDA 2009 2 | ||||||
| p-Coumaric acid |
Food administered |
4.8 g/kg bw/day | 2 weeks | 7 | 0.17 nmol/mg creatinine after 14 days | URPI-SARDA 2009 2 | ||||||
| Phenylacetic acid |
Food administered |
4.8 g/kg bw/day | 2 weeks | 7 | 36.7 nmol/mg creatinine after 14 days | URPI-SARDA 2009 2 | ||||||
| Procyanidin dimer B2 |
Food administered |
4.8 g/kg bw/day | 2 weeks | 7 | 0.49 nmol/mg creatinine after 14 days | URPI-SARDA 2009 2 | ||||||
| Protocatechuic acid |
Food administered |
4.8 g/kg bw/day | 2 weeks | 7 | 5.66 nmol/mg creatinine after 14 days | URPI-SARDA 2009 2 | ||||||
| Vanillic acid |
Food administered |
4.8 g/kg bw/day | 2 weeks | 7 | 15.78 nmol/mg creatinine after 14 days | URPI-SARDA 2009 2 | ||||||