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Simultaneous collection of the portal and superior vena cava blood in conscious rats defined that intestinal epithelium is the major site of glucuronidation, but not sulfation and methylation, of quercetin

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posted on 2018-09-11, 05:01 authored by Seiya Tanaka, Manami Oyama, Miyu Nishikawa, Shinichi Ikushiro, Hiroshi Hara

Quercetin is a flavonoid with many physiological effects. Absorbed quercetin is rapidly conjugated in the intestinal epithelium and liver. Different positional isomers of quercetin conjugates have different physiological properties. However, the mechanisms of quercetin conjugation in the intestine are not fully clarified. We examined the regioselective quercetin conjugate formation in the intestine after oral administration of quercetin glycosides, by simultaneous sampling of blood from the portal vein and superior vena cava, and quantifying various positional isomers of quercetin glucuronides and sulfates in conscious rats. Concentrations of quercetin glucuronides were higher in blood from the portal vein than the superior vena cava, showing that glucuronidation mainly occurred in the intestine. Such differences were not observed for quercetin sulfates. Regioselectivity of the intestinal glucuronidation in quercetin hydroxyl groups were 7- >3′- >3- >4′-OH. Quercetin was mainly sulfated on 3′-OH at 30 min, but on 4′-OH at 240 min.

Simultaneous collection of the portal and superior vena cava blood in conscious rats defined that intestinal epithelium is the major site of glucuronidation, but not sulfation and methylation, of quercetin.

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