The effect of the phytoestrogen genistein on plasma nitric oxide concentrations, endothelin-1 levels and endothelium dependent vasodilation in postmenopausal women

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 163, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 339-347

  Squadrito, Francesco ^a   Altavilla, Domenica ^a   Morabito, Nunziata ^a   Crisafulli, Alessandra ^a   D’Anna, Rosario ^a   Corrado, Francesco ^a   Ruggeri, Pietro ^a   Campo, Giuseppe M ^a   Calapai, Gioacchino ^a   Caputi, Achille P ^a   Squadrito, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Endothelial function; Endothelin 1; Genistein; Nitric oxide; Postmenopausal women

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIN 1; GENISTEIN; NITRIC OXIDE; PHYTOESTROGEN;

ADULT; ARTERY ENDOTHELIUM; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD LEVEL; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; LOW FAT DIET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASODILATATION; VERTIGO;

BRACHIAL ARTERY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ENDOTHELIN-1; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; ESTROGENS, NON-STEROIDAL; FEMALE; GENISTEIN; HUMANS; ISOFLAVONES; MIDDLE AGED; NITRIC OXIDE; PHYTOESTROGENS; PLANT PREPARATIONS; POSTMENOPAUSE; VASODILATION;

EID: 0036269245     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9150(02)00013-8     Document Type: Article

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