Estimated Daily Intake and Seasonal Food Sources of Quercetin in Japan

• Published in: Nutrients Vol. 7; no. 4; pp. 2345 - 2358
• Main Authors: Nishimuro, Haruno, Ohnishi, Hirofumi, Sato, Midori, Ohnishi-Kameyama, Mayumi, Matsunaga, Izumi, Naito, Shigehiro, Ippoushi, Katsunari, Oike, Hideaki, Nagata, Tadahiro, Akasaka, Hiroshi, Saitoh, Shigeyuki, Shimamoto, Kazuaki, Kobori, Masuko
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 02.04.2015; MDPI
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Asparagus Plant; average daily intake; Capsicum; cohort studies; Diet; Diet Records; Diet Surveys; Energy Intake; Female; food composition; food frequency questionnaires; food intake; foods; Fruits; green tea; Humans; Japan; Kinases; Lactuca; leaf lettuce; Life Style; lifestyle; Longitudinal Studies; Male; markets; men; Middle Aged; nutrient requirements; nutrition risk assessment; Nutritional Requirements; Onions; quercetin; Quercetin - administration & dosage; Quercetin - analysis; Seasons; Solanum lycopersicum; summer; Surveys and Questionnaires; sweet peppers; Tea; tomatoes; Vegetables; winter; women; Young Adult; Japan

Quercetin is a promising food component, which can prevent lifestyle related diseases. To understand the dietary intake of quercetin in the subjects of a population-based cohort study and in the Japanese population, we first determined the quercetin content in foods available in the market during Ju...