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Absorption, distribution, metabolism and excretion of apigenin and its glycosides in healthy male adults
Free Radical Biology and Medicine
2022
185:90-96
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- PMID 35452808
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- View on ClinicalTrials.gov Registered trial — results not yet published in a peer-reviewed journal.
Study snapshot
| Design | Human clinical pharmacokinetic study |
|---|---|
| Model | Healthy male adults |
| Sample | |
| Intervention | Pure apigenin and apigenin glycosides delivered in parsley preparations and chamomile tea |
| Duration | |
| Endpoints | Plasma apigenin metabolites; Urinary metabolite excretion; Time to peak concentration; Influence of glycoside form and food matrix |
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