Nutrition Research
Volume 25, Issue 8 , Pages 717-726 , August 2005

Glycosylated flavonoids from tomato puree are bioavailable in humans

  • Paolo Simonetti

      Affiliations

    • Division of Human Nutrition, Department of Food Science and Microbiology, University of Milan, Via Celoria, 2-20133 Milan, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +39 2 50316074; fax: +39 2 50316600.
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  • Claudio Gardana

      Affiliations

    • Division of Human Nutrition, Department of Food Science and Microbiology, University of Milan, Via Celoria, 2-20133 Milan, Italy
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  • Patrizia Riso

      Affiliations

    • Division of Human Nutrition, Department of Food Science and Microbiology, University of Milan, Via Celoria, 2-20133 Milan, Italy
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  • Pierluigi Mauri

      Affiliations

    • CNR-Institute for Biomedical Technologies - V.le F.lli Cervi, 90 - Segrate (MI), 20090 Italy
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  • Piergiorgio Pietta

      Affiliations

    • CNR-Institute for Biomedical Technologies - V.le F.lli Cervi, 90 - Segrate (MI), 20090 Italy
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  • Marisa Porrini

      Affiliations

    • Division of Human Nutrition, Department of Food Science and Microbiology, University of Milan, Via Celoria, 2-20133 Milan, Italy

Received 17 September 2004 ,Revised 5 March 2005 ,Accepted 27 May 2005.

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PII: S0271-5317(05)00100-4

doi: 10.1016/j.nutres.2005.05.001

Nutrition Research
Volume 25, Issue 8 , Pages 717-726 , August 2005

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