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. 1969 Dec;115(4):831-6.
doi: 10.1042/bj1150831.

Studies on flavonoid metabolism. Metabolism of (+)-[14C] catechin in the rat and guinea pig

N P Das, L A Griffiths

Studies on flavonoid metabolism. Metabolism of (+)-[14C] catechin in the rat and guinea pig

N P Das et al. Biochem J. 1969 Dec.

Abstract

1. The fate of (+)-[U-(14)C]catechin and (+)-[ring A-(14)C]catechin has been studied in the guinea pig and rat. 2. (+)-[U-(14)C]Catechin was shown to give rise to labelled phenolic acids, labelled phenyl-gamma-valerolactones and (14)CO(2). 3. (+)-[ring A-(14)C]-Catechin did not give rise to labelled phenolic acids, but labelled phenyl-gamma-valerolactones were detected together with a higher proportion of (14)CO(2). 4. Administered [(14)C]delta-(3-hydroxyphenyl)-gamma-valerolactone gave rise to labelled m-hydroxyphenylpropionic acid in the rat whereas administered [(14)C]m-hydroxyphenylpropionic acid gave rise to a compound yielding labelled m-hydroxybenzoic acid on hydrolysis. 5. The distribution of radioactivity in the urine and faeces of (+)-[(14)C]catechin-fed animals is described; a high proportion of residual radioactivity was found in urine that had been exhaustively extracted with diethyl ether.

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