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Absorption, tissue distribution and excretion of pelargonidin and its metabolites following oral administration to rats

El Mohsen, M.A., Marks, J., Kuhnle, G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8081-8931, Moore, K., Debnam, E., Srai, S.K., Rice-Evans, C. and Spencer, J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2931-7274 (2006) Absorption, tissue distribution and excretion of pelargonidin and its metabolites following oral administration to rats. British Journal of Nutrition, 95 (1). pp. 51-58. ISSN 1475-2662

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To link to this item DOI: 10.1079/BJN20051596

Abstract/Summary

Recent reports have demonstrated various cardiovascular and neurological benefits associated with the consumption of foods rich in anthocyanidins. However, information regarding absorption, metabolism, and especially, tissue distribution are only beginning to accumulate. In the present study, we investigated the occurrence and the kinetics of various circulating pelargonidin metabolites, and we aimed at providing initial information with regard to tissue distribution. Based on HPLC and LC-MS analyses we demonstrate that pelargonidin is absorbed and present in plasma following oral gavage to rats. In addition, the main structurally related pelargonidin metabolite identified in plasma and urine was pelargonidin glucuronide. Furthermore, p-hydroxybenzoic acid, a ring fission product of pelargonidin, was detected in plasma and urine samples obtained at 2 and 18 h after ingestion. At 2 h post-gavage, pelargonidin glucuronide was the major metabolite detected in kidney and liver, with levels reaching 0.5 and 0.15 nmol pelargonidin equivalents/g tissue, respectively. Brain and lung tissues contained detectable levels of the aglycone, with the glucuronide also present in the lungs. Other tissues, including spleen and heart, did not contain detectable levels of pelargonidin or ensuing metabolites. At 18 h post-gavage, tissue analyses did not reveal detectable levels of the aglycone nor of pelargonidin glucuronides. Taken together, our results demonstrate that the overall uptake of the administered pelargonidin was 18 % after 2 h, with the majority of the detected levels located in the stomach. However, the amounts recovered dropped to 1.2 % only 18 h post-gavage, with the urine and faecal content constituting almost 90 % of the total recovered pelargonidin.

Item Type:Article
Refereed:Yes
Divisions:Life Sciences > School of Chemistry, Food and Pharmacy > Department of Food and Nutritional Sciences
Interdisciplinary centres and themes > Institute for Cardiovascular and Metabolic Research (ICMR)
ID Code:13451
Uncontrolled Keywords:anthocyanidin, pelargonidin, absorption, distribution, metabolism, ANTHOCYANINS, HUMANS, PHENYLACETATE, ELDERBERRY, BLUEBERRY, Absorption Administration, Oral Animals Anthocyanins/administration & dosage/*metabolism/pharmacokinetics Brain/metabolism Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid/methods Feces/chemistry Glucuronides/analysis Hydroxybenzoic Acids/blood/urine Kidney/metabolism Liver/metabolism Lung/metabolism Male Rats Rats, Sprague-Dawley Tissue Distribution
Publisher:Cambridge University Press

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