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3′-O-Methyl-(+)-catechin glucuronide and 3′-O-methyl-(+)-catechin sulphate: new urinary metabolites of (+)-catechin in the rat and the marmoset

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The major urinary metabolites of (+)-catechin (cyanidanol-3) in the rat were (+)-catechin glucuronide, 3′-O-methyl-(+)-catechin glucuronide and 3′-O-methyl-(+)-catechin sulphate. The latter conjugate was the major metabolite in marmoset urine.

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  1. Department of Biochemistry, University of Birmingham, P.O. Box 363, 315 2TT, Birmingham, England

    A. M. Hackett, I. C. Shaw & L. A. Griffiths

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Acknowledgment. The authors wish to thank Miss Rosemary Dring and Mr P.B. Wood for skilled technical assistance, Zyma S.A., Nyon, Switzerland, for financial support, and the Medical Research Council for a research studentship (to I.C.S.).

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Hackett, A.M., Shaw, I.C. & Griffiths, L.A. 3′-O-Methyl-(+)-catechin glucuronide and 3′-O-methyl-(+)-catechin sulphate: new urinary metabolites of (+)-catechin in the rat and the marmoset. Experientia 38, 538–540 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02327037

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