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InVivo Release of 14C-Labelled Phenolic

InVivo Release of 14C-Labelled Phenolic Groups from Intact Dietary Spinach Cell Walls During Passage Through the Rat Intestine

✍ Buchanan, Callum J; Wallace, Graham; Fry, Stephen C; Eastwood, Martin A 📂 Article 📅 1996 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 918 KB

Feruloyl and p-coumaroyl groups in spinach cell walls (CW) were labelled using [14C]cinnamic acid and fed to rats. In the caecum and colon, ferulic acid (FA) and p-coumaric acid (PCA) were released from the CW. Few feruloyl or coumaroyl groups remained in the CW to be excreted in faeces, and thus th