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Absorption & Metabolism

Impact of polyphenol oxidase on the bioavailability of flavan-3-ols in fruit smoothies: a controlled, single blinded, cross-over study
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Analytical Methods

5-(3',4'-Dihydroxyphenyl)-γ-Valerolactone Is a Substrate for Human Paraoxonase: A Novel Pathway in Flavan-3-ol Metabolism
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Brain/Cognitive Health

Dietary flavanols restore hippocampal-dependent memory in older adults with lower diet quality and lower habitual flavanol consumption
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Biological Effects

Flavan-3-ol-methylxanthine interactions: Modulation of flavan-3-ol bioavailability in volunteers with a functional colon and an ileostomy
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Other Biological Effects

Cocoa Flavanol Supplementation and the Effect on Insulin Resistance in Females Who Are Overweight or Obese: A Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial
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Cardiovascular

Effect of cocoa flavanol supplementation for the prevention of cardiovascular disease events: the COcoa Supplement and Multivitamin Outcomes Study (COSMOS) randomized clinical trial
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Analytical Methods

Standardizing testing for dietary bioactives with a tool to compare & estimate cocoa flavanol content
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Brain/Cognitive Health

Insights into the role of diet and dietary flavanols in cognitive aging: results of a randomized controlled trial
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Cardiovascular

Biomarker-estimated flavan-3-ol intake is associated with lower blood pressure in cross-sectional analysis in EPIC Norfolk
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Analytical Methods

Reliable, accessible and transferable method for the quantification of flavanols and procyanidins in foodstuffs and dietary supplements†
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Absorption & Metabolism

Evaluation of (−)-epicatechin metabolites as recovery biomarker of dietary flavan-3-ol intake
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Absorption & Metabolism

Evaluation at scale of microbiome-derived metabolites as biomarker of flavan-3-ol intake in epidemiological studies
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Analytical Methods

Use of LC-MS for the quantitative analysis of (poly)phenol metabolites does not necessarily yield accurate results: Implications for assessing existing data and conducting future research.
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Reviews

Absorption, metabolism, distribution and excretion of (-)-epicatechin: A review of recent findings.
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Biological Effects

Methylxanthines enhance the effects of cocoa flavanols on cardiovascular function: randomized, double-masked controlled studies
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