A procyanidin extract prolongs bleeding time but does not prevent thrombosis in rats

Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 199-200

  De Curtis, A ^a   Amore, C ^a   Donati, M B ^b   De Gaetano, G ^b   Iacoviello, L ^a  

^a Laboratorio Angela Valenti dei Fattori Genetici e Ambientali di Rischio Trombotico   (Italy)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIFLAVONOID; CATECHIN; COLLAGEN; PLANT EXTRACT; PROANTHOCYANIDIN; PROCYANIDIN;

ANIMAL; BLEEDING TIME; CHEMISTRY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; LETTER; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; RAT; THROMBOCYTE ADHESIVENESS; THROMBOSIS;

ANIMALS; BIFLAVONOIDS; BLEEDING TIME; CATECHIN; COLLAGEN; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLATELET ADHESIVENESS; PROANTHOCYANIDINS; RATS; SEEDS; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0141818944     PISSN: 15387933     EISSN: 15387836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1538-7836.2003.00018.x     Document Type: Letter

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