Consumption of flavanol-rich cocoa acutely increases microcirculation in human skin

European Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 53-56

  Neukam, Karin ^a   Stahl, Wilhelm ^a   Tronnier, Hagen ^b   Sies, Helmut ^a   Heinrich, Ulrike ^b  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blood flow; Epicatechin; Flavonoids; Human; Microcirculation; Skin

Indexed keywords

COCA EXTRACT; EPICATECHIN; FLAVANOL DERIVATIVE; HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MAXIMUM PLASMA CONCENTRATION; MICROCIRCULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN SATURATION; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SPECTROSCOPY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BEVERAGES; CACAO; CATECHIN; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; FLAVONOIDS; HUMANS; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MICROCIRCULATION; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

THEOBROMA CACAO;

EID: 33846796357     PISSN: 14366207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00394-006-0627-6     Document Type: Article

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