Phyto-oestrogen content of berries, and plasma concentrations and urinary excretion of enterolactone after a single strawberry-meal in human subjects
2000
Mazur, W.M. | Uehara, M. | Wahala, K. | Adlercreutz, H.
Quantitative data on phyto-oestrogen, particularly lignan, content in edible plants are insufficient. We, therefore, measured isoflavonoids and lignans in nine edible berries using an isotope dilution gas chromatography-mass spectrometry method for foods and found substantial concentrations of the lignan secoisolariciresinol (139-37.18 mg/kg DM), low amounts of matairesinol (0-0.78 mg/kg DM) and no isoflavones. To determine pharmacokinetics and urinary excretion pattern of the mammalian lignan enterolactone derived from plant lignans, a study with human subjects was conducted. Five healthy women and two men consumed, after a 72h period of a phyto-oestrogen-free regimen, a single strawberry-meal containing known amounts of plant lignans. Basal and post-meal blood and urine samples were collected at short intervals. The samples were analysed using time-resolved fluoroimmunoassay of enterolactone. The meal increased plasma concentration of enterolactone after 8-24h and in urine in the 13-24h and 25-36h urine collections. High individual variability of the metabolic response was observed. Enterolactone excreted in the urine collected throughout the 48h post-meal yielded on average 114% of the plant lignans consumed. It is concluded that berries containing relatively high concentrations of plant lignans contribute to plasma and urinary levels of mammalian enterolactone in human subjects.
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