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Bioavailability of apigenin from apiin-rich parsley in humans
Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism
2006
50(3):167-172
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- PMID 16407641
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| Design | Human single-dose bioavailability study |
|---|---|
| Model | 11 healthy adults, 5 women and 6 men |
| Sample | n = 11 |
| Intervention | Single oral bolus of blanched parsley providing 65.8 ± 15.5 μmol apigenin per kg body weight |
| Duration | 28-hour plasma sampling with 24-hour urine collection |
| Endpoints | Plasma apigenin concentration; Time to peak concentration; Urinary apigenin recovery; Red-blood-cell apigenin |
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