Anthocyanins Are Converted into Anthocyanidins and Phenolic Acids and Effectively Absorbed in the Jejunum and Ileum.

Hao Han, Caifen Liu, Wenchuan Gao, Zhongye Li, Gongwei Qin, Shanshan Qi, Hai Jiang, Xinsheng Li, Minghui Liu, Fei Yan, Qingbin Guo, Ching Yuan Hu

Journal of agricultural and food chemistry 2021 Jan 27

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Anthocyanins have been known for their health benefits. However, the in vivo digestion and absorption of anthocyanins through the gastrointestinal tract have not been fully clarified, creating challenges for understanding why anthocyanins have high biological activities and purported low bioavailability in vivo. Twenty-seven male rats were intubated with a 500 mg/kg dose of cyanidin-3-glucoside (C3G). Samples from rats' stomach, duodenum, jejunum, ileum, colon, and serum were collected at 0.5, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 12, and 24 h after intubation. Three rats without C3G were used as the control with samples collected at 0 h. C3G and its metabolites in each sample were analyzed using high-performance liquid chromatography-PDA-electrospray ionization-MS/MS. These in vivo studies' results unequivocally demonstrated that cyanidin and phenolic acids were the primary C3G metabolites absorbed, mainly in the jejunum and ileum, between 1 and 5 h post-ingestion. We speculate that C3G uses phloroglucinaldehyde and protocatechuic acid metabolic pathways in its metabolism in vivo.

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Hao Han, Caifen Liu, Wenchuan Gao, Zhongye Li, Gongwei Qin, Shanshan Qi, Hai Jiang, Xinsheng Li, Minghui Liu, Fei Yan, Qingbin Guo, Ching Yuan Hu. Anthocyanins Are Converted into Anthocyanidins and Phenolic Acids and Effectively Absorbed in the Jejunum and Ileum. Journal of agricultural and food chemistry. 2021 Jan 27;69(3):992-1002