Cocoa beans, endothelial function and aging: An unexpected friendship?

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1471-1474

  Ferri, Claudio ^a,d   Grassi, Davide ^a   Grassi, Guido ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^b SAN GERARDO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ARGININE; FLAVANOL DERIVATIVE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PROCYANIDIN DERIVATIVE;

AGING; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; CACAO; CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CORONARY ARTERY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HEART PROTECTION; HUMAN; KIDNEY BLOOD FLOW; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASODILATATION;

EID: 33746775362     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.hjh.0000239279.82196.ec     Document Type: Note

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