Effect of dried garlic powder tablets on postprandial increase in pulse wave velocity after a fatty meal: Preliminary observations

Scandinavian Journal of Nutrition/Naringsforskning

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 21-26

  Turner, Beate ^a,b   Mølgaard, Christian ^a   Marckmann, Peter ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Dansk Droge ^*  (Denmark)

^c ROSKILDE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Alliin; Arterial compliance; Arterial stiffness; Atherosclerosis; Coronary heart disease; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

ALLICIN; ALLIIN; FUTURA; GARLIC EXTRACT; NITRIC OXIDE;

ADULT; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTERY ENDOTHELIUM; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BODY MASS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; GARLIC; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIPID DIET; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTPRANDIAL STATE; PULSE WAVE; RADIAL ARTERY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RIGIDITY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ALLIUM SATIVUM; PASSION FRUIT WOODINESS VIRUS;

EID: 17144423622     PISSN: 11026480     EISSN: 16512359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11026480510011343     Document Type: Article

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