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| Seigo BabaSummaryAffiliation: Meiji Seika Kaisha Country: Japan Publications
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Cocoa powder enhances the level of antioxidative activity in rat plasmaS Baba
Functional Foods R and D Laboratories, Meiji Seika Kaisha Ltd, 5 3 1, Chiyoda, Sakado shi, Saitama 350 0289, Japan
Br J Nutr 84:673-80. 2000....- Plasma LDL and HDL cholesterol and oxidized LDL concentrations are altered in normo- and hypercholesterolemic humans after intake of different levels of cocoa powderSeigo Baba
Food and Health R and D Laboratories, Meiji Seika Kaisha Ltd, Saitama, Japan
J Nutr 137:1436-41. 2007..The results suggest that polyphenolic substances derived from cocoa powder may contribute to a reduction in LDL cholesterol, an elevation in HDL cholesterol, and the suppression of oxidized LDL... - Continuous intake of polyphenolic compounds containing cocoa powder reduces LDL oxidative susceptibility and has beneficial effects on plasma HDL-cholesterol concentrations in humansSeigo Baba
Food and Health R and D Laboratories, Meiji Seika Kaisha Ltd, Saitama, Japan
Am J Clin Nutr 85:709-17. 2007..Cocoa powder is rich in polyphenols such as catechins and procyanidins and has been shown in various models to inhibit LDL oxidation and atherogenesis... - Absorption, metabolism, degradation and urinary excretion of rosmarinic acid after intake of Perilla frutescens extract in humansSeigo Baba
Nutritional Science Center, Health and Bioscience Laboratories, Meiji Seika Kaisha, Ltd, Sakado shi, Saitama 350 0289, Japan
Eur J Nutr 44:1-9. 2005..Previous studies have shown RA has antioxidative and anti-inflammatory activity. However, little is known on the absorption, metabolism, degradation and excretion of RA... - Orally administered rosmarinic acid is present as the conjugated and/or methylated forms in plasma, and is degraded and metabolized to conjugated forms of caffeic acid, ferulic acid and m-coumaric acidSeigo Baba
Nutritional Science Center, Health and Bioscience Laboratories, Meiji Seika Kaisha, Ltd, 5 3 1, Chiyoda, Sakado shi, Saitama 350 0289, Japan
Life Sci 75:165-78. 2004.... - Absorption and urinary excretion of procyanidin B2 [epicatechin-(4beta-8)-epicatechin] in ratsSeigo Baba
Nutritional Science Center, Health Laboratory, Meiji Seika Kaisha, Ltd, Sakado shi, Saitama, Japan
Free Radic Biol Med 33:142-8. 2002..Moreover, PB2 reduces the accumulation of lipid peroxide in plasma oxidized by copper ions... - Absorption and urinary excretion of (-)-epicatechin after administration of different levels of cocoa powder or (-)-epicatechin in ratsS Baba
Functional Foods Research and Development Laboratories, Meiji Seika Kaisha, Ltd, 5 3 1 Chiyoda, Sakado shi, Saitama 350 0289, Japan
J Agric Food Chem 49:6050-6. 2001.... - In vivo comparison of the bioavailability of (+)-catechin, (-)-epicatechin and their mixture in orally administered ratsS Baba
Functional Foods R and D Laboratories, Meiji Seika Kaisha, Ltd, Sakado 350 0289, Japan
J Nutr 131:2885-91. 2001.... - Bioavailability of (-)-epicatechin upon intake of chocolate and cocoa in human volunteersS Baba
Funtional Foods R and D Labs, Meiji Seika Kaisha Ltd, Saitama, Japan
Free Radic Res 33:635-41. 2000..8+/-5.3%'; and 25.3+/-8.1% of total EC intake. EC in chocolate and cocoa was partly absorbed and was found to be present as a component of various conjugates in plasma, and these were rapidly excreted in urine... - In vitro antioxidative activity of (-)-epicatechin glucuronide metabolites present in human and rat plasmaMidori Natsume
Healthcare R and D Laboratories, Meiji Seika Kaisha Ltd, Sakado shi, Saitama 350 0289, Japan
Free Radic Res 38:1341-8. 2004..In contrast, the other metabolites had light antioxidative activities over the range of physiological concentrations found in plasma... - Structures of (-)-epicatechin glucuronide identified from plasma and urine after oral ingestion of (-)-epicatechin: differences between human and ratMidori Natsume
Health and Bioscience Laboratories, Meiji Seika Kaisha Ltd, Saitama, Japan
Free Radic Biol Med 34:840-9. 2003..The presence of these metabolites in blood and urine suggests that catechins are metabolized and circulated in the body after administration of catechin-containing foods... - Cacao procyanidins reduce plasma cholesterol and increase fecal steroid excretion in rats fed a high-cholesterol dietAkiko Yasuda
Food and Health R and D Laboratories, Meiji Seika Kaisha Ltd, Saitama, Japan
Biofactors 33:211-23. 2008.... 
Comparison of different sources and degrees of hydrolysis of dietary protein: effect on plasma amino acids, dipeptides, and insulin responses in human subjectsMasashi Morifuji
Food and Health R and D Laboratories, Meiji Seika Kaisha Ltd, Saitama 350 0289, Japan
J Agric Food Chem 58:8788-97. 2010..Taken together, these results demonstrate whey protein hydrolysates cause significantly greater increases in the plasma concentrations of amino acids, dipeptides, and insulin...- Extract of Perilla frutescens enriched for rosmarinic acid, a polyphenolic phytochemical, inhibits seasonal allergic rhinoconjunctivitis in humansHirohisa Takano
First Department of Medicine, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto 602 0841, Japan
Exp Biol Med (Maywood) 229:247-54. 2004..Use of this alternative treatment for SAR might reduce treatment costs for allergic diseases...