Abstract:
Recent researches indicated that discrepancy of the biological activity in vivo and in vitro have been discussed due to the interactions of phenolic compounds with compounds present in foods, like carbohydrates, proteins or lipids. Interactions of phenolic compounds with compounds present are the main reason to cause the inconsistency of the biological activity in vivo and in vitro.The interactions between phenolic compounds with lipids, carbohydrates and proteins was reviewed in this paper, which could provide a reference for understanding metabolic mechanism of phenolic compounds.