Polyphenol content of plasma and litter after the oral administration of green tea and tea polyphenols in chickens

J Agric Food Chem. 2012 Feb 22;60(7):1619-27. doi: 10.1021/jf2039789. Epub 2012 Feb 8.

Abstract

Metabolic profiles of broiler chickens were examined after the ingestion of green tea, tea polyphenols, and (-)-epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG). Solid-phase extraction of serum and litters yielded free catechins and their metabolites, which were then identified and quantified by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. In plasma samples, (-)-gallocatechin, (+)-catechin, and EGCG were detected in the green tea group; pyrogallol acid, (epi)catechin-O-sulfate, 4'-O-methyl-(epi)gallocatechin-O-glucuronide, and (epi)catechin-3'-O-glucuronide were detected in the tea polyphenols group; and EGCG, (-)-gallocatechin gallate (GCG), and 4'-O-methyl-(epi)gallocatechin-O-glucuronides were detected in the EGCG group. In litters, gallic acid, EGCG, GCG, and ECG were detected in the green tea and tea polyphenols groups; EGCG and ECG were detected in the EGCG group. The conjugated metabolites, 4'-O-methyl-(epi)gallocatechin-O-glucuronide, (epi)catechin-3'-glucuronide, and 4'-O-methyl-(epi)catechin-O-sulfate, were identified in the green tea group; 4'-O-methyl-(epi)catechin-O-sulfate and 4'-O-methyl-(epi)gallocatechin-O-sulfate were identified in the tea polyphenols group; only 4'-O-methyl-(epi)gallocatechin-O-sulfate was detected in the EGCG group. The excretion of tea catechins was 95.8, 87.7, and 97.7% for the green tea, tea polyphenols, and EGCG groups, respectively.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
  • Animals
  • Catechin / analogs & derivatives
  • Catechin / analysis
  • Catechin / blood
  • Chickens / blood
  • Chickens / metabolism*
  • Chromatography, Liquid
  • Manure / analysis
  • Polyphenols / administration & dosage*
  • Polyphenols / analysis*
  • Polyphenols / blood
  • Tandem Mass Spectrometry
  • Tea / chemistry*

Substances

  • Manure
  • Polyphenols
  • Tea
  • Catechin
  • epigallocatechin gallate
  • gallocatechol