Epicatechin, a flavanol present in specific food items like green tea and cocoa, has been extensively studied for its prospective health benefits, such as the improvement of cardiovascular health ...
A flavonoid found in cocoa drinks could help reduce recovery time from stress even when a person reaches for unhealthy fatty foods, a recent study has found.
Departamento de Ingeniería Química y Bioprocesos, Escuela de Ingeniería, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Avenida Vicuña Mackenna 4860, Macul, 7820436 Santiago, Chile ...
Cocoa flavanols are composed principally of the monomer (−)-epicatechin can represent between 15 and 20 per cent by weight with a degree of polymerisation (DP) of 1 (DP1), and oligomeric ...
Propionate (5–100 mM) did not induce mucin release. Several dietary phenolic compounds (quercetin, epicatechin, resveratrol) did not provoke mucus discharge. CONCLUSIONS Two algal polysaccharides ...