Daily prickly pear consumption improves platelet function

Prostaglandins Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 61-66

  Wolfram, R ^a   Budinsky, A ^a   Efthimiou, Y ^d   Stomatopoulos, J ^d   Oguogho, A ^a,c   Sinzinger, H ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b Wilhelm Auerswald Atherosclerosis Research Group   (Austria)

^c AMBROSE ALLI UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^d NONE

Author keywords

11 dehydro thromboxane B2 (11 DH TXB2); Platelet aggregation; Platelet factor 4 (PF4); Platelet function; Prickly pear; WU test; thromboglobulin ( TG)

Indexed keywords

BETA THROMBOGLOBULIN; THROMBOCYTE FACTOR 4;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENERGY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MACRONUTRIENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PEAR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION; THROMBOCYTE FUNCTION;

OPUNTIA; PYRUS COMMUNIS;

EID: 0242577244     PISSN: 09523278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0952-3278(03)00057-7     Document Type: Article

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