Ingestion of onion soup high in quercetin inhibits platelet aggregation and essential components of the collagen-stimulated platelet activation pathway in man: A pilot study

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 482-488

  Hubbard, Gary P ^a   Wolffram, Siegfried ^b   De Vos, Ric ^c   Bovy, Arnaud ^c   Gibbins, Jonathan M ^a   Lovegrove, Julie A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

CVD; Glycoprotein VI; Phytochemicals; Platelets; Quercetin; Signalling

Indexed keywords

3-METHYLQUERCETIN; COLLAGEN; DISACCHARIDE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; FLAVONOID; FLAVONOL DERIVATIVE; QUERCETIN; QUERCETIN 3 METHYL ETHER; TAMARIXETIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DIET; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EATING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; ONION; PHYSIOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATION; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION;

ADULT; COLLAGEN; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DIET; DISACCHARIDES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EATING; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; FLAVONOIDS; FLAVONOLS; HUMANS; MALE; ONIONS; PILOT PROJECTS; PLATELET ACTIVATION; PLATELET AGGREGATION; QUERCETIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 33750096668     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/BJN20061831     Document Type: Article

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