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. 2022 Feb 17;5:414–422. doi: 10.1016/j.crfs.2022.02.008

Table 3.

Total antioxidant capacity (TAC) of foods at the end of each digestion step and in their bioaccessible fractions.

Foods TAC (mmol TE.kg−1)
Initial Gastric phase Intestinal phase Colon phase Bioaccessible fraction
BC 9.87 ± 0.65b 19.09 ± 0.69c 49.78 ± 0.08e 3.95 ± 0.01a 29.64 ± 1.74d
WWB 16.27 ± 0.44a 17.27 ± 1.38a 123.32 ± 18.66c 59.55 ± 10.6a 70.8 ± 9.89ab
Flaxseed 18.26 ± 1.14a 40.25 ± 14.76ab 83.46 ± 12.45b 84.8 ± 19.1b 101.74 ± 1.74b
Hazelnut 46.57 ± 2.57a 96.8 ± 19.02ab 128.48 ± 5.97b 83.39 ± 7.08ab 107.41 ± 2.18b
Milk 64.64 ± 0.74b 10.29 ± 0.29a 175 ± 14.74c 3.46 ± 0.44a 169.31 ± 5.67c
Cheese 10.54 ± 0.14a 72.48 ± 16.22ab 192.71 ± 19.00b 89.96 ± 37.99ab 166.08 ± 17.08b
Jambon 36.24 ± 1.64a 33.63 ± 5.55a 145.75 ± 15.16b 131.37 ± 22.2b 90.58 ± 6.29ab
Strawberry 256.21 ± 4.49bc 313.19 ± 21.67c 173.49 ± 17.25ab 174.17 ± 53.52ab 108.72 ± 2.62a
GTE 6370.92 ± 18.52b 6621.66 ± 768.42b 7068.25 ± 928.51b 2971.63 ± 320.18a 5052.22 ± 161.79ab
BTE 2210.32 ± 167.17b 3106.38 ± 347.82b 2445.08 ± 165.43b 1884.61 ± 318.13b 472.8 ± 4.49a
Espresso 657.52 ± 18.57b 1582.57 ± 118.77bc 959.44 ± 76.35b 825.27 ± 23.33b 243.6 ± 26.96a
Wine 786.82 ± 30.90a 1476.33 ± 391.26b 585.96 ± 74.92a 788.01 ± 2.77a 398.87 ± 8.76a

Results are expressed as mean ± SD (n = 3). Different letters in the same row denote statistically significant differences (P < 0.05) according to Duncan test. BC: breakfast cereal, WWB: whole wheat bread, GTE: green tea extract, BTE: black tea extract.