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. 2017 Nov 9;58(1):63–81. doi: 10.1007/s00394-017-1572-2

Table 3.

Urinary polyphenol concentration (µM) quantified by mass spectrometry and normalized according to 24-h urine volume

Treatment time OEP Ctrl p value
T0 T1 T0 T1
Anthranilic acid (µM)
 Mean 1.30 1.38 1.33 1.46 0.467
 SD 0.98 0.94 0.86 1.39
4-Aminobenzoic acid (µM)
 Mean 0.03 0.02 0.03 0.03 0.173
 SD 0.02 0.01 0.01 0.02
Vanillin (µM)
 Mean 30.63 12.35 38.98 27.56 0.071
 SD 66.66 21.52 66.17 60.26
Acetovanillone (µM)
 Mean 2.66 2.58 3.13 2.60 0.435
 SD 2.45 1.47 3.64 1.87
2,4-DiOH-benzoic acid (µM)
 Mean 0.81 1.09 0.92 0.83 < 0.001
 SD 0.34 0.44 0.40 0.36
3,5-DiOH-benzoic acid (µM)
 Mean 3.01 2.25 3.65 3.11 0.483
 SD 1.93 1.64 3.32 2.86
2,5-DiOH-benzoic acid (µM)
 Mean 2.93 3.26 2.53 2.26 0.022
 SD 2.83 2.29 1.28 1.74
Neochlorogenic acid (µM)
 Mean 0.43 0.35 0.32 0.35 0.149
 SD 0.43 0.31 0.22 0.25
Chlorogenic acid (µM)
 Mean 0.59 0.57 0.55 0.46 0.738
 SD 0.44 0.51 0.51 0.41
Fertaric acid (µM)
 Mean 0.12 0.11 0.11 0.13 0.475
 SD 0.23 0.12 0.14 0.18
t-Coutaric acid (µM)
 Mean 0.04 0.03 0.05 0.05
 SD 0.07 0.04 0.08 0.11 0.614
Phloretin (µM)
 Mean 0.04 0.02 0.05 0.03
 SD 0.07 0.02 0.09 0.06 0.214
Phlorizin (µM)
 Mean 0.10 0.05 0.09 0.07
 SD 0.16 0.07 0.21 0.11 0.368
Naringenin (µM)
 Mean 0.07 0.04 0.10 0.08
 SD 0.08 0.03 0.11 0.10 0.709
Phloroglucinol (µM)
 Mean 15.09 15.43 15.68 15.54
 SD 5.49 5.93 6.26 6.26 0.788
4-Hydroxybenzoic acid (µM)
 Mean 6.27 6.17 6.81 5.24
 SD 3.87 4.13 3.06 2.24 0.076
m-Coumaric acid (µM)
 Mean 0.67 0.81 0.68 0.60
 SD 0.87 0.79 0.87 0.66 0.341
3-(3-Hydroxyphenyl) propanoic acid (µM)
 Mean 20.65 34.02 16.12 13.83
 SD 18.12 24.58 21.20 18.33 0.009
Vanillic acid (µM)
 Mean 2.80 3.16 2.32 2.25
 SD 2.50 2.19 2.39 1.95 0.499
3,4-Dihydroxyphenyl acetic acid (µM)
 Mean 1.39 22.09 1.68 0.94
 SD 3.04 13.19 3.28 2.11 < 0.001
Hippuric acid (µM)
 Mean 746.62 917.46 789.12 734.80
 SD 277.46 331.38 321.79 313.13 0.014
Caffeic acid (µM)
 Mean 0.45 0.64 0.47 0.44
 SD 0.34 0.28 0.24 0.24 0.003
Homovanillic acid (µM)
 Mean 20.96 54.41 21.63 19.62
 SD 7.36 21.87 8.12 8.02 < 0.001
Isoferulic acid (µM)
 Mean 1.45 1.72 0.59 0.93
 SD 3.88 4.62 0.61 1.76 0.577
t-Ferulic acid (µM)
 Mean 2.47 2.35 1.71 3.07
 SD 2.62 2.40 1.17 6.01 0.901
Alpha-hydroxyhippuric acid (µM)
 Mean 0.06 0.05 0.04 0.05
 SD 0.07 0.05 0.05 0.06 0.829
Urolithin A (µM)
 Mean 0.26 0.23 0.49 0.36
 SD 0.40 0.58 1.11 0.86 0.623
3-Hydroxyphenyl acetic acid (µM)
 Mean 34.82 65.11 28.76 29.58
 SD 40.05 43.29 18.77 27.69 0.001
Hydroferulic acid (µM)
 Mean 3.95 5.47 4.87 3.82
 SD 5.20 5.21 5.19 3.71 0.106
Sinapic acid (µM)
 Mean 0.64 1.06 0.78 0.67
 SD 0.51 0.78 0.71 0.69 0.002
Protocatechuic acid (µM)
 Mean 0.55 0.75 0.54 0.50
 SD 0.59 0.39 0.32 0.28 0.001
Scopoletin (µM)
 Mean 0.14 0.29 0.11 0.13
 SD 0.14 0.16 0.12 0.15 0.001
Cryptochlorogenic acid (µM)
 Mean 0.15 0.14 0.12 0.14
 SD 0.20 0.15 0.15 0.19 0.880
Syringic acid (µM)
 Mean 0.48 0.64 0.62 0.59
 SD 0.27 0.49 0.50 0.47 0.083
4-Hydroxyphenyl acetic acid (µM)
 Mean 109.73 125.51 96.81 101.87
 SD 86.90 65.10 40.88 57.97 0.290

Data represent the mean and standard deviation (SD) at the beginning (T0) and at the end (T1) of dietary intervention with olive-enriched product (OEP) or control product (Ctrl), and the relative p value after factorial ANOVA with Bonferroni’s correction. Cinnamic acid, caftaric acid, cis-piceide, luteolin, hesperidin, catechin, epicatechin, procyanidin B1, procyanidin B2 + B4, procyanidin B3, quercetin-3-Rha, kaempferol-3-Glc, kaempferol-3-rutinoside, dihydrokaempferol, quercetin-3-glucuronide, kaempferol-3-glucuronide, arbutin, p-coumaric acid, o-coumaric acid, gallic acid, ellagic acid, pyrocatechol, urolithin B, epigallocatechin gallate, epicatechin gallate, quercetin-3-Glc + quercetin-3-gal, isorhamnetin-3-Glc, rutin, salidroside are not shown, since the levels fell below limit of quantification