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Nao Fujiwara1, Rie Mukai2, Miyu Nishikawa3
1Department of Food Science and Nutrition, School of Human Science and Environment, University of Hyogo, Himeji, Hyogo, Japan.
Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry
|January 20, 2023
Abstract:
This is the first study that quantified quercetin (QUE) and its 16 metabolites in the breast milk of QUE-fed maternal mice, the plasma and urine of that, and neonatal mice. Interestingly, the QUE aglycone concentration in the milk was much higher than in the plasma of maternal mice, suggesting that QUE may exert biological activity in neonates.

