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Published in final edited form as: Mol Nutr Food Res. 2012 Oct 5;56(11):1647–1654. doi: 10.1002/mnfr.201200206

Table 2.

Plasma, small intestine, and small intestinal contents levels of EGCG in CF-1 mice after oral administration of 100 mg/kg, i.g. EGCG

		EGCG
		30 min	60 min	120 min
Plasma (nM)	Total	49.9 ± 12.1	37.7 ± 5.1	16.3 ± 2.8
Plasma (nM)	Unconjugated	2.5 ± 0.8	9.6 ± 2.0	1.4 ± 0.5
SIC (nmol/g)	Total	2185.9 ± 700.1	1613.4 ± 325.7	2156.7 ± 588.8
SIC (nmol/g)	Unconjugated	972.5 ± 116.8	1038.8 ± 186.5	2065.2 ± 642.6
SI tissue (nmol/g)	Total	58.6 ± 23.8	82.7 ± 8.1	56.5 ± 15.8
SI tissue (nmol/g)	Unconjugated	64.4 ± 28.0	96.8 ± 8.3	65.8 ± 20.0

Unconjugated and total levels of EGCG in the small intestinal contents (SIC), small intestinal (SI) tissue, and plasma of CF-1 mice (n = 5–6) treated in combination with common corn starch.