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SUBMITTER: Gutierrez-Zetina SM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6359441 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Gutierrez-Zetina Sofia M SM Gonzalez-Manzano Susana S Perez-Alonso Jose J JJ Gonzalez-Paramas Ana M AM Santos-Buelga Celestino C
Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) 20190116 2
Protocatechuic acid (3,4-dihydroxybenzoic acid; PCA) is a phenolic acid present in plants as a secondary metabolite and is also produced in the human organism as a metabolite from the degradation of polyphenols by the intestinal microbiota, particularly of flavonoids. However, PCA, like most polyphenols, is biotransformed in the human body to different conjugates as sulfates, which are found circulating in blood and could be involved in the bioactivity of the original compound. This paper descri ...[more]