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Published in final edited form as: Brain Res. 2012 Dec 1;1497:1–14. doi: 10.1016/j.brainres.2012.11.043

TABLE 1.

Comparison of the plasma AUC_0-6 values of L-DOPA and 3-OMD. Data were obtained from the animal experiments I and II.

Treatment groups	L-DOPA/carbidopa (at 20 mg/5 mg kg)		L-DOPA/carbidopa (at 20 mg/20 mg kg)

	L-DOPA (μg·min/mL) (μg·min/mL)	3-OMD (μg·min/mL)	L-DOPA	3-OMD (μg·min/mL)
Control	374.8 ± 81.2	377.9 ± 40.4	570.3 ± 128.9	600.4 ± 130.9
(+)-Catechin	427.8 ± 88.7	141.4 ± 21.8^*	693.1 ± 227.4	215.1 ± 38.2^*
(−)-Epicatechin	419.1 ± 79.6	321.3 ± 63.9	ND	ND
Quercetin	396.3 ± 104.2	343.8 ± 62.6	ND	ND

Data are expressed as the mean ± S.D. (N = 4).

^*

P < 0.05 vs. the control group.

ND, not determined.