Health benefits of nuts: Potential role of antioxidants

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 96, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2006, Pages

  Blomhoff, Rune ^a   Carlsen, Monica H ^a   Andersen, Lene Frost ^a   Jacobs Jr , David R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antioxidant defence; Antioxidants; Flavonoids; FRAP; LDL oxidation; Nuts; Oxidative damage

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; FREE RADICAL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHEMISTRY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIET THERAPY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NUT; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PECAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); WALNUT;

AGED; ANTIOXIDANTS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CARYA; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; FREE RADICALS; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; JUGLANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANTS, EDIBLE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 34548551879     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/BJN20061864     Document Type: Article

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