Table 1.

Effects of the diet macromolecules on the phenolic compound bioccessibility.

Food Compound	Type of Interaction	Effect	References
Dietary fibre	Prolongation of gastric emptying (soluble fibres)	↑ absorption time	[42]
	Increase in viscosity (soluble fibres)	↓ % absorption	[9]
	Physical trapping
Lipids	Micellization of polar phenolic compounds	↑ % absorption	[43,44]
		= % absorption	[45]
		↓ % absorption	[46]
Proteins	Protein-phenolic compound complex formation	↓ % absorption	[53]
		↑ % absorption	[49]
		= % absorption	[50,51,52]
Digestible carbohydrates	Absorption facilitation of phenolic compound glycosides by sugars	↑ % absorption	[54]