Dietary flavanols and procyanidin oligomers from cocoa (Theobroma cacao) inhibit platelet function

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1466-1473

  Murphy, Karen J ^a,c   Chronopoulos, Andriana K ^a   Singh, Indu ^a,b   Francis, Maureen A ^a   Moriarty, Helen ^b   Pike, Marilyn J ^a   Turner, Alan H ^a   Mann, Neil J ^a   Sinclair, Andrew J ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Cardiovascular disease; Catechin; CD62P; Cocoa; Epicatechin; F2 isoprostanes; Flavanols; P selectin; Platelet activation; Platelet function; Polyphenols; Procyanidin; TBARS; Thiobarbituric acid reactive substances

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CATECHIN; EPICATECHIN; FLAVONOL; PADGEM PROTEIN; PROCYANIDIN; THROMBOCYTE ANTIGEN; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; BIFLAVONOID; FLAVONOID; PROANTHOCYANIDIN;

ARTICLE; CACAO; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; EVALUATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION; THROMBOCYTE FUNCTION; ADULT; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DIET; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THROMBOCYTE; TIME;

THEOBROMA; THEOBROMA CACAO;

ADULT; BIFLAVONOIDS; BLOOD PLATELETS; CACAO; CATECHIN; DIET; FEMALE; FLAVONOIDS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; PROANTHOCYANIDINS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0037901952     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/77.6.1466     Document Type: Article

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