Metabolic profiling of phenolic acids and oxidative stress markers after consumption of Lonicera caerulea L. fruit

J Agric Food Chem. 2013 May 15;61(19):4526-32. doi: 10.1021/jf304150b. Epub 2013 May 6.

Abstract

This study investigated the effect of one-week consumption of 165 g/day fresh blue honeysuckle berries (208 mg/day anthocyanins) in 10 healthy volunteers. At the end of intervention, levels of benzoic (median 1782 vs 4156), protocatechuic (709 vs 2417), vanillic (2779 vs 4753), 3-hydroxycinnamic (143 vs 351), p-coumaric (182 vs 271), isoferulic (805 vs 1570), ferulic (1086 vs 2395), and hippuric (194833 vs 398711 μg/mg creatinine) acids by LC/MS were significantly increased in the urine. Clinical chemistry safety markers were not altered. Oxidative stress markers, erythrocyte glutathione peroxidase (0.73 vs 0.88 U/g Hb) and catalase (2.5 vs 2.8 μkat/g Hb) activities, and erythrocyte/plasma thiobarbituric acid reactive substance (522 vs 612/33 vs 38 μmol/g Hb/protein) levels were significantly increased, without change in plasma antioxidant status. Nonsignificant changes of advanced oxidation protein products and oxidized LDL were observed. The results provide a solid base for further study of metabolite excretion and antioxidant parameters after ingestion of anthocyanins.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Anthocyanins / administration & dosage
  • Antioxidants / metabolism
  • Benzoic Acid / urine
  • Biomarkers / urine*
  • Catalase / blood
  • Chromatography, Liquid
  • Cinnamates / urine
  • Coumaric Acids / urine
  • Erythrocytes / metabolism
  • Female
  • Fruit / chemistry*
  • Glutathione Peroxidase / blood
  • Hippurates / urine
  • Humans
  • Hydroxybenzoates / urine*
  • Lipoproteins, LDL / blood
  • Lonicera / chemistry*
  • Male
  • Mass Spectrometry
  • Metabolome*
  • Oxidative Stress / drug effects*
  • Thiobarbituric Acid Reactive Substances / metabolism
  • Vanillic Acid / urine

Substances

  • Anthocyanins
  • Antioxidants
  • Biomarkers
  • Cinnamates
  • Coumaric Acids
  • Hippurates
  • Hydroxybenzoates
  • Lipoproteins, LDL
  • Thiobarbituric Acid Reactive Substances
  • oxidized low density lipoprotein
  • protocatechuic acid
  • Benzoic Acid
  • Catalase
  • Glutathione Peroxidase
  • Vanillic Acid
  • phenolic acid
  • hippuric acid
  • isoferulic acid