Human Urinary Biomarker for Orange Juice Consumption

June 28, 2019 updated by: Imperial College London

Human urinary metabolic profiling showed to be very successful to elucidate biomarkers linked to geographic origin and specific food consumption patterns (Holmes and Loo et al.: Human metabolic phenotype diversity and its association with diet and blood pressure. Nature 2008:1-6). It was possible to identify urinary metabolites directly linked to animal vs. vegetable protein intake. This is very valuable for future population studies, where diet is an important lifestyle factor but food questionnaires are time-consuming and expensive. Moreover, miss-reporting is a very common problem.

Our hypothesis is to find the same biochemical marker for orange juice as we already found in a preceding nutritional studies where participants recorded orange consumption.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

To elucidate the citrus fruit biomarker it needs to be ensured that all volunteers do not consume citrus fruits and foods potentially containing similar ingredients. Therefore it is necessary to ask volunteers to refrain from these foods by giving them dietary restrictions. Extensive literature research showed that some foods (such as grain legumes and brie cheese) may contain the same compound, but in much smaller amounts.

Days 1-3 will be on open diet but with dietary restrictions (no alcohol, cheese, fruits, ethnic foods such as Chinese and Indian food, grain legumes such as beans, lentils, peas and peanuts, and all kinds of sprouts (such as cress or alfalfa)). On day 2 a glass of orange juice (200ml) will be consumed in addition to the open diet. Urine collection will continue and stop on day 4 at 10 am.

During the study to minimise variation in biomarker excretion due to other beverages the participants beverage intake will be restricted to water and coffee.

All urine samples will then be analysed using high resolution NMR spectroscopy and mass spectrometry. Mathematical data analyses as well as the visual examinations of the NMR spectra will also be carried out to validate the presence of citrus fruit biomarkers.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

6

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • United Kingdom
      • London, United Kingdom, SW7 2AZ
        • Imperial College London

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years to 45 years (Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • healthy individuals
  • male/female
  • aged 18-45 years
  • non-smoker
  • BMI 18-25 kg/m2

Exclusion Criteria:

  • regular drug intake
  • regular food supplements intake

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Basic Science
  • Allocation: N/A
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Orange Juice
1 glass (=200mL) of orange juice
Dietary supplement: orange juice

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
To elucidate urinary biochemical markers for the consumption of orange juice.
Time Frame: 6 months
1H NMR urinary metabolite spectra will be acquired. Proline betaine will be quantified by peak integration of the resonance at 3.11ppm in the NMR spectrum.
6 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
To investigate the kinetics of elucidated biomarker excretion over time.
Time Frame: 6 months
Excretion of proline betaine, as quantified from the 1H NMR spectrum of urine, will be plotted over time.
6 months

Collaborators and Investigators

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Sponsor

Imperial College London

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

May 1, 2009

Primary Completion (Actual)

December 1, 2009

Study Completion (Actual)

December 1, 2009

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

April 7, 2010

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 9, 2010

First Posted (Estimate)

April 12, 2010

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

July 1, 2019

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

June 28, 2019

Last Verified

June 1, 2019

More Information

Terms related to this study

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 557-ICL-649

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