Functional foods for the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular diseases: Cholesterol and beyond

Expert Review of Cardiovascular Therapy

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 477-490

  Rudkowska, Iwona ^a   Jones, Peter J H ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Dark chocolate; Functional foods; Plant sterols; Tree nuts

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; CATECHIN; CHOLESTEROL; EPICATECHIN; EZETIMIBE; FATTY ACID; FLAVANOID; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; ICOSANOID; ISOPROSTANE DERIVATIVE; LINOLEIC ACID; LINOLENIC ACID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PHYTOSTEROL; POLYPHENOL; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; PROANTHOCYANIDIN; PROCYANIDIN; STANOL ESTER; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE; YOGHURT;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; BREAD; CACAO; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUSE OF DEATH; CELL FUNCTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DISABILITY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; LIPID COMPOSITION; LOW FAT DIET; MEAT; META ANALYSIS; MILK; NUT; NUTRIENT; ORANGE JUICE; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

CACAO; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHOLESTEROL; DIET; FATTY ACIDS; FLAVONOIDS; HUMANS; NUTS; PHYTOSTEROLS;

EID: 34249328490     PISSN: 14779072     EISSN: 17448344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/14779072.5.3.477     Document Type: Review

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