QUERCETIN METABOLITES

Oct 20 2025SCIENCE

How Food Choices Affect Baby Development in Mice

Researchers wanted to understand if a common plant compound called quercetin can move from a pregnant mouse to her unborn babies. Quercetin is found in many fruits and vegetables. It changes in the body and travels around as different forms. Earlier, they saw that quercetin and its changed forms go into baby mice through milk. But since the moms ate quercetin during ...

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