In vitro gastrointestinal absorption of red wine anthocyanins – Impact of structural complexity and phase II metabolization

Malvidin-3-O-glucoside, malvidin-3,5-O-diglucoside, malvidin-3-O-(6-O-coumaroyl)-glucoside-5-O-glucoside from Chinese Vitis davidii red wine were used to investigate the role of glucoside, diglucoside and coumaroylated glucoside moieties on their transport efficiency through MKN-28 gastric and Caco-2 intestinal cells. Due to the already described conversion of 3-O-glucosylated anthocyanins into 3-O-glucuronidated, the 3-O-glucuronidated...