Regulation of the Peripheral Body Temperature by Foods: A Temperature Decrease Induced by the Japanese Persimmon (kaki, Diospyros kaki)

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 23-28

  Hibino, Gaku ^a,c   Nadamoto, Tomonori ^b   Fujisawa, Fumiko ^b   Fushiki, Tohru ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHIGA PREFECTURE   (Japan)

^c AJINOMOTO CO INC   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autonomic nerve; Chinese traditional medicine; Human; Peripheral body temperature; Persimmon

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLD; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; NUTRITION; PERSIMMON; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY TEMPERATURE; COLD; DIET; DIOSPYROS; FEMALE; HUMANS; NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW;

DIOSPYROS; DIOSPYROS KAKI; DIOSPYROS VIRGINIANA;

EID: 0041350563     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.67.23     Document Type: Article

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