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JOURNAL OF NUTRITION
Volume 142, Issue 8, Pages 1479-1486Publisher
AMER SOC NUTRITION-ASN
DOI: 10.3945/jn.112.159244
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- Swedish Research Council for Environment, Agricultural Sciences and Spatial Planning
- Swedish Nutrition Foundation
- Nordic Centre of Excellence Programme on Food, Nutrition and Health: HELGA Nordic Health-Whole Grain Food
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The urinary alkylresorcinol (AR) metabolites, 3,5-dihydroxybenzoic acid (DHBA) and 3-(3,5-dihydroxyphenyl)-propanoic acid (DHPPA), could potentially serve as biomarkers for intake of whole-grain (WG) wheat and rye. Excretion of AR metabolites is largely dependent on the intake of AR but may also be influenced by other factors. This study aimed to investigate the validity of free and conjugated AR metabolites as biomarkers for WG intake of wheat and rye and to identify potential determinants of AR metabolites in urine. We quantified free aglycones and conjugates of AR metabolites in 24-h urine collections from 52 free-living Swedish adults and calculated correlation coefficients between urinary AR metabolite excretion and self-reported WG intake. We used partial least-squares regression to identify possible determinants of urinary AR metabolites. Approximately 50% of urinary AR metabolites were found as conjugates. Excretions of individually quantified free and conjugated AR metabolites and their sums were correlated to self-reported intake of WG rye and wheat (r = 0.50-0.68; P < 0.001). Excretion of urinary AR metabolites was mainly dependent on intake of 2 major dietary AR homologs, C19:0 and 021:0. Sex, BMI, and vitamin C intake were identified as determinants of the proportion of free and glucuronidated DHPPA in the present study. Urinary AR metabolites may be useful in reflecting short-term to medium-term intake of WG, but urine samples should be deconjugated prior to quantification. Anthropometric and dietary factors affecting the proportion of conjugated AR metabolites in urine may to some extent influence AR elimination and thereby the performance of urinary AR metabolites as biomarkers. J. Nutr. 142: 1479-1486, 2012.
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