Effects on plasma ascorbic acid and coronary risk factors of adding guava fruit to the usual diet in hypertensives with mild to moderate hypercholesterolaemia

Journal of Nutritional and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 5-14

  Singh, Ram B ^a   Rastogi, Shanti S ^a   Singh, Reema ^a   Niaz, Mohammad A ^a   Singh, Nand K ^a   Madhu, Shri V ^a  

^a Medical Hospital and Research Centre Moradabad   (India)

Author keywords

Essential hypertension; Guava; High density lipoprotein cholesterol; Lipid peroxide; Serum cholesterol; Soluble fibre; Vitamin C

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; CARBOHYDRATE; CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LIPOPROTEIN; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; POTASSIUM; SATURATED FATTY ACID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY RISK; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIET THERAPY; DIETARY FIBER; DISEASE SEVERITY; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; FRUIT; GUAVA; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POTASSIUM INTAKE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN INTAKE; VITAMIN METABOLISM;

EID: 0030998149     PISSN: 13590847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13590849762754     Document Type: Article

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