Assay of urinary excretion of polyphenols after ingestion of a cup of mountain tea (Sideritis scardica) measured by HPLC-DAD-ESI-MS/MS

J Agric Food Chem. 2013 Nov 6;61(44):10488-97. doi: 10.1021/jf403052w. Epub 2013 Oct 28.

Abstract

Flavonoids and phenolic acid metabolites excreted in human urine after ingestion of Sideritis scardica decoction with characterized polyphenolic composition were studied. A feeding study was carried out with 10 human volunteers, and urine samples were collected for 24 h after ingestion of the Sidertis decoction. Polyphenol metabolites were identified and quantified in urine samples by HPLC with tandem mass spectrometric detection. Thirty-one different metabolites of hypolaetin, methylhypolaetin, isoscutellarein, methylisoscutellarein, and apigenin and 32 phenolic acid metabolites were detected and quantified using a method validated for this purpose. The urinary excretion of polyphenol metabolites corresponded to 5% (n/n) of the intake of polyphenols from the Sideritis decoction. Flavonoid metabolites were dominant in urine samples with 87-94% of total polyphenolic metabolites content. The most abundant metabolites were methylhypolaetin and methylisoscutellarein glucuronides. Urinary excretion of isoscutellarein (35.61%) was 10 times higher than that of hypolaetin (3.67%). Apigenin also showed high urinary excretion (32.46%).

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Beverages / analysis*
  • Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / methods
  • Eating
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Plant Extracts / metabolism
  • Plant Extracts / urine*
  • Polyphenols / metabolism
  • Polyphenols / urine*
  • Sideritis / metabolism*
  • Tandem Mass Spectrometry / methods
  • Young Adult

Substances

  • Plant Extracts
  • Polyphenols