Bioavailability of phenolic compounds and redox state of murine liver and kidney as sex-dependent responses to phytoextracts

Revista de la Facultad de Ciencias Medicas

Secretaria de Ciencia y Tecnología de la Facultad de Ciencias Médicas de la Universidad Nacional de Córdoba

Año: 2016

lant extracts can be obtained to carry bioactive compounds, useful for prevention and treatment of different illnesses. This also supports the intake of teas as functional beverages. Nonetheless, it is incompletely known whether these extracts can act as effective sources and vehicles de phenolic compounds (phenolics/polyphenols) to reach their targets. Objective: To establish whether phytoextract ingestion modified in a sex-dependent manner the phenolic bioavailability and redox response in liver and kidney. Method: BALB/C mice ingested for a month 100 mg/Kg/d of extracts (tea-like) from Aspidosperma quebracho-blanco (AQB), Lantana grisebachii (LG) or Ilex paraguariensis (IP). Then, phenolics, peroxides and nitrites were analyzed by spectrophotometry. Also, phenolic permeation from digested and undigested extracts was evaluated in vitro with a rat jejunum-based assay. Results: Phenolic permeation depended on extract digestion. In males, IP showed a special time course of hepatic phen