Daily consumption for six weeks of a lignan complex isolated from flaxseed does not affect endothelial function in healthy postmenopausal women

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 136, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 2314-2318

  Hallund, Jesper ^a   Tetens, Inge ^b   Bügel, Susanne ^a   Tholstrup, Tine ^a   Ferrari, Marika ^c   Teerlink, Tom ^d   Kjaer, Andreas ^e   Wiinberg, Niels ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

^d VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^f FREDERIKSBERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIN 1; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; LIGNAN DERIVATIVE; N(G),N(G) DIMETHYLARGININE; NITRATE; NITRITE; PLACEBO; SECOISOLARICIRESINOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; ENDOTHELIUM; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LINSEED; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTMENOPAUSE; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VASODILATATION;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 33748320970     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/136.9.2314     Document Type: Article

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