Francisco A. Tómas‐Barberán

Research interests

Publications

• Novel Approaches in the Valorization of Agricultural Wastes and Their Applications

  Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry · 2022 · 10.1021/acs.jafc.1c07104

• The effects of polyphenols and other bioactives on human health

  Food & Function · 2019 · https://doi.org/10.1039/c8fo01997e

• The gut microbiota: A key factor in the therapeutic effects of (poly)phenols

  Biochemical Pharmacology · 2017 · 10.1016/j.bcp.2017.04.033

• Urolithins, the rescue of “old” metabolites to understand a “new” concept: Metabotypes as a nexus among phenolic metabolism, microbiota dysbiosis, and host health status

  Molecular Nutrition & Food Research · 2016 · 10.1002/mnfr.201500901

• Ellagic Acid Metabolism by Human Gut Microbiota: Consistent Observation of Three Urolithin Phenotypes in Intervention Trials, Independent of Food Source, Age, and Health Status

  Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry · 2014 · 10.1021/jf5024615

• One-year supplementation with a grape extract containing resveratrol modulates inflammatory-related microRNAs and cytokines expression in peripheral blood mononuclear cells of type 2 diabetes and hypertensive patients with coronary artery disease

  Pharmacological Research · 2013 · 10.1016/j.phrs.2013.03.011

• Resveratrol and Clinical Trials: The Crossroad from In Vitro Studies to Human Evidence

  Current Pharmaceutical Design · 2013 · 10.2174/13816128113199990407

• Biological Significance of Urolithins, the Gut Microbial Ellagic Acid-Derived Metabolites: The Evidence So Far

  Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine · 2013 · 10.1155/2013/270418

• Ellagitannins, ellagic acid and vascular health

  Molecular Aspects of Medicine · 2010 · 10.1016/j.mam.2010.09.005

• Interaction between Phenolics and Gut Microbiota: Role in Human Health

  Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry · 2009 · https://doi.org/10.1021/jf902107d

• Anti-inflammatory properties of a pomegranate extract and its metabolite urolithin-A in a colitis rat model and the effect of colon inflammation on phenolic metabolism

  The Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry · 2009 · 10.1016/j.jnutbio.2009.04.012

• Effect of a Low Dose of Dietary Resveratrol on Colon Microbiota, Inflammation and Tissue Damage in a DSS-Induced Colitis Rat Model

  Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry · 2009 · 10.1021/jf803638d

• Iberian Pig as a Model To Clarify Obscure Points in the Bioavailability and Metabolism of Ellagitannins in Humans

  Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry · 2007 · 10.1021/jf0723864

• Nutraceuticals: Facts and fiction

  Phytochemistry · 2007 · 10.1016/j.phytochem.2007.09.014

• Characterisation of polyphenols and antioxidant properties of five lettuce varieties and escarole

  Food Chemistry · 2007 · 10.1016/j.foodchem.2007.11.032

• Stability of polyphenols in chokeberry (Aronia melanocarpa) subjected to in vitro gastric and pancreatic digestion

  Food Chemistry · 2006 · 10.1016/j.foodchem.2006.06.025

• The dietary hydrolysable tannin punicalagin releases ellagic acid that induces apoptosis in human colon adenocarcinoma Caco-2 cells by using the mitochondrial pathway

  The Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry · 2005 · 10.1016/j.jnutbio.2005.09.004

• Metabolism of Antioxidant and Chemopreventive Ellagitannins from Strawberries, Raspberries, Walnuts, and Oak-Aged Wine in Humans: Identification of Biomarkers and Individual Variability

  Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry · 2004 · 10.1021/jf049144d

• Characterization and Quantitation of Antioxidant Constituents of Sweet Pepper ( Capsicum annuum L.)

  Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry · 2004 · 10.1021/jf0497915

• Antioxidant Capacities, Phenolic Compounds, Carotenoids, and Vitamin C Contents of Nectarine, Peach, and Plum Cultivars from California

  Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry · 2002 · 10.1021/jf020136b

• Phenolic compounds and related enzymes as determinants of quality in fruits and vegetables

  Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture · 2001 · https://doi.org/10.1002/jsfa.885

• HPLC−DAD−ESIMS Analysis of Phenolic Compounds in Nectarines, Peaches, and Plums

  Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry · 2001 · 10.1021/jf0104681

• Antioxidant Activity of Pomegranate Juice and Its Relationship with Phenolic Composition and Processing

  Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry · 2000 · https://doi.org/10.1021/jf000404a

• Effect of Postharvest Storage and Processing on the Antioxidant Constituents (Flavonoids and Vitamin C) of Fresh-Cut Spinach

  Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry · 1999 · 10.1021/jf981200l

• Analysis of phenolic plant metabolites:

  Phytochemistry · 1995 · https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(95)90191-4

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