Evidence that the antioxidant flavonoids in tea and cocoa are beneficial for cardiovascular health

Current Opinion in Lipidology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 41-49

  Kris Etherton, Penny M ^a   Keen, Carl L ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CATECHIN; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; EPICATECHIN; EPICATECHIN 3 GALLATE; EPIGALLOCATECHIN; EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; FLAVANOL DERIVATIVE; FLAVONOID; LIPID PEROXIDE; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; PROCYANIDIN DERIVATIVE; PROSTACYCLIN; THEAFLAVIN; THEAFLAVIN 3,3' DIGALLATE; THEAFLAVINE 3 GALLATE; THEAFLAVINE 3' GALLATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CACAO; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG STRUCTURE; HEART PROTECTION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; TEA; THROMBOCYTE ADHESION; THROMBOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ANTIOXIDANTS; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; CACAO; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; FLAVONOIDS; HUMANS; PLATELET ACTIVATION; TEA;

THEOBROMA CACAO;

EID: 0036182939     PISSN: 09579672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00041433-200202000-00007     Document Type: Review

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