Soya isoflavone-enriched cereal bars affect markers of endothelial function in postmenopausal women

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1120-1126

  Hallund, J ^a   Bugel S ^a   Tholstrup, T ^a   Ferrari, M ^b   Talbot, D ^c   Hall, W L ^d   Reimann, M ^e   Williams, C M ^d   Wiinberg, N ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

^c UNILEVER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^e GERMAN INSTITUTE OF HUMAN NUTRITION   (Germany)

^f FREDERIKSBERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Arterial compliance; Endothelial function; Phyto oestrogens; Postmenopausal women

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIN 1; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; ISOFLAVONE; NITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CELL FUNCTION; CEREAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART PROTECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTMENOPAUSE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASODILATATION;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CORONARY DISEASE; DENMARK; ENDOTHELIN-1; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; FOOD, FORTIFIED; GERMANY; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; ISOFLAVONES; ITALY; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; NITRIC OXIDE; PHYTOTHERAPY; POSTMENOPAUSE; SOYBEANS; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASODILATION;

EID: 33745596098     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/BJN20061734     Document Type: Article

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