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Nutritional contribution of coffee, cacao and tea phenolics to human health

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The intention of this short overview is to contribute to a better understanding of the physiological effects of the coffee, cacao and tea phenolics to human health. The paper gives a short description of the principle phenolic compounds present in each of the food stuffs, their intake, summarises the data available on their bioavailability and metabolism and gives finally a short resume of their beneficial effects in biological systems in vitro, in animals, and in humans.

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Ziel dieser kurzen Übersicht ist es, zum besseren Verständnis der physiologischen Effekte der phenolischen Verbindungen von Kaffee, Kakao und Tee auf die menschliche Gesundheit beizutragen. Dazu werden die hauptsächlichen phenolischen Bestandteile in jedem dieser Lebensmittel beschrieben sowie deren Aufnahme. Es werden die verfügbaren Daten über die Bioverfügbarkeit vorgestellt und die positiven Effekte in biologischen Systemen in vitro, im Tierversuch und im Menschen diskutiert.

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Correspondence to H. M. Rawel.

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Received: July 19, 2007; accepted: August 8, 2007

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Rawel, H.M., Kulling, S.E. Nutritional contribution of coffee, cacao and tea phenolics to human health. J. Verbr. Lebensm. 2, 399–406 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00003-007-0247-y

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