Permeability profile estimation of flavonoids and other phenolic compounds by biopartitioning micellar capillary chromatography

J Agric Food Chem. 2007 Oct 17;55(21):8372-9. doi: 10.1021/jf070730r.

Abstract

This paper points out the usefulness of biopartitioning micellar chromatography (BMC) using capillary columns as a high-throughput primary screening tool providing key information about the oral absorption, skin permeability, and brain-blood distribution coefficients of 15 polyphenols (6 flavones, 2 flavonols, a flavanone, 2 flavan-3-ols, 3 phenolic acids, and a phloroglucinol) in a simple and economical way. For the compounds studied, except vicenin-2, rutin, chlorogenic acid, p-hydroxycinnamic acid, and 4-hydroxybenzoic acid, maximal oral absorption (>90%) can be expected, if there are not solubility problems or metabolic processes. On the other hand, the most retained compounds in BMC, that is, 5-hydroxyflavone, flavone, and flavanone, show the highest brain-blood distribution coefficients and skin permeability coefficients.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Chromatography / methods*
  • Flavonoids / chemistry*
  • Flavonoids / pharmacokinetics
  • Models, Biological
  • Permeability
  • Phenols / chemistry*
  • Phenols / pharmacokinetics
  • Polyphenols

Substances

  • Flavonoids
  • Phenols
  • Polyphenols