Table 3 Overview of the current level of validation of the candidate biomarkers of seaweed intake
Food item | Metabolites | Biofluid locations | Questionsa | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | |||
Brown seaweed | Hydroxytrifuhalol A | Hydrolyzed urine | Y | U | Y | U | U | U | U | U |
Brown seaweed | 7-Hydroxyeckol | Hydrolyzed urine | Y | U | Y | U | U | U | U | U |
Brown seaweed | C-O-C dimer of phloroglucinol | Hydrolyzed urine | Y | U | Y | U | U | U | U | U |
Brown seaweed | Dioxinodehydroeckol glucuronide | Urine | Y | U | Y | U | U | U | U | U |
Brown seaweed | Diphlorethol sulfate | Urine | Y | U | Y | U | U | U | U | U |
Brown seaweed | Fucophloroethol glucuronide | Urine | Y | U | Y | U | U | U | U | U |
Brown seaweed | Fucoxanthinol | Plasma | Y | U | Y | U | U | U | U | U |