Supplementation with quercetin markedly increases plasma quercetin concentration without effect on selected risk factors for heart disease in healthy subjects

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 128, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 593-597

  Conquer, J A ^a   Maiani, G ^b   Azzini, E ^b   Raguzzini, A ^b   Holub, B J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cholesterol; Fatty acids; Humans; Quercetin supplementation; Thrombogenic factors

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; PLACEBO; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; QUERCETIN; THROMBOXANE B2; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL INTAKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION;

EID: 0031956125     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/128.3.593     Document Type: Article

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