Cocoa procyanidin chain length does not determine ability to protect LDL from oxidation when monomer units are controlled

Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 645-652

  Steinberg, Francene M ^a   Holt, Roberta R ^a   Schmitz, Harold H ^b   Keen, Carl L ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MARS INC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpha tocopherol; Cocoa; Flavanol; LDL; Oxidation; Procyanidin

Indexed keywords

ALKADIENE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; CATECHIN; EPICATECHIN; FLAVANOL DERIVATIVE; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; MONOMER; PROCYANIDIN DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CACAO; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONJUGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIPID OXIDATION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN;

THEOBROMA CACAO;

EID: 0036848525     PISSN: 09552863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0955-2863(02)00215-2     Document Type: Article

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