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ALTHOUGH substances of the flavonoid type are present in many foodstuffs of plant origin the metabolic fate of these compounds in mammalian metabolism was until recently largely unknown. The compounds on which recent investigation has been centred, however, are of either the flavonol1–5, the flavanone or the flavone type6. It appeared to be of interest, therefore, to study the fate of a compound of the related catechin type, in which the keto group at C4 is absent.
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GRIFFITHS, L. m-Hydroxyphenylpropionic Acid, a Major Urinary Metabolite of (+)-Catechin in the Rat. Nature 194, 869–870 (1962). https://doi.org/10.1038/194869b0
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