An isoflavone metabolite reduces arterial stiffness and blood pressure in overweight men and postmenopausal women

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 192, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 184-189

  Nestel, Paul ^a   Fujii, Akihiko ^a   Zhang, Lei ^a  

^a BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arterial stiffness; Blood pressure; Isoflavone metabolite; Overweight; Postmenopausal women

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; DRUG METABOLITE; ISOFLAVONE; PLACEBO; TETRAHYDRODAIDZEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; OBESITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TREATMENT DURATION; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ARTERIES; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DIET SURVEYS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOFLAVONES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OVERWEIGHT; POSTMENOPAUSE; PULSATILE FLOW;

EID: 34247176729     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2006.04.033     Document Type: Article

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