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Semi-Targeted Ultra-High-Performance Chromatography Coupled to Mass Spectrometry Analysis of Phenolic Metabolites in Plasma of Elderly Adults
Published on: April 22, 2022
Impact of olive oil phenolic concentration on human plasmatic phenolic metabolites
Laura Rubió1, Rosa-M Valls, Alba Macià
1Food Technology Department, XaRTA-TPV, Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería Agraria, University of Lleida, Av/Alcalde Rovira Roure 191, 25198 Lleida, Spain.
Abstract:
Three different functional phenol-enriched virgin olive oils (FVOO) were prepared with a phenolic content of 250 (L-FVOO), 500 (M-FVOO), and 750 mg (H-FVOO) total phenols/kg. In a randomised, cross-over study with 12 healthy volunteers, the pharmacokinetics of phenolic biological metabolites was assessed. An increasing linear trend was observed for hydroxytyrosol sulfate, the main phenolic metabolite quantified in plasma, with C(max) values of 1.35, 3.32, and 4.09 μmol/l, and AUC mean values of 263.7, 581.4, and 724.4 μmol/min for L-FVOO, M-FVOO, and H-FVOO, respectively. From our data an acute intake of phenol-enriched olive oils promotes a dose-dependent response of phenol conjugate metabolites in human plasma. Also, we point out for the first time hydroxytyrosol acetate sulfate as a main biological metabolite of hydroxytyrosol from olive oil ingestion.
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