Pycnogenol®, French maritime pine bark extract, augments endothelium-dependent vasodilation in humans

Hypertension Research

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 775-780

  Nishioka, Kenji ^a   Hidaka, Takayuki ^a   Nakamura, Shuji ^a   Umemura, Takashi ^a   Jitsuiki, Daisuke ^a   Soga, Junko ^a   Goto, Chikara ^a   Chayama, Kazuaki ^a   Yoshizumi, Masao ^a   Higashi, Yukihito ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Endothelial fucntion; Nitric oxide; Oxidative stress; Pycnogenol

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ENDOTHELIUM DERIVED RELAXING FACTOR; N(G) METHYLARGININE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; PLACEBO; PYCNOGENOL; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; FLAVONOID; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PLANT EXTRACT; PYCNOGENOLS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; FOREARM BLOOD FLOW; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VASODILATATION; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BARK; BLOOD FLOW; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; FOREARM; PHYTOTHERAPY; PINE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASCULARIZATION;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ADULT; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FLAVONOIDS; FOREARM; HUMANS; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITROPRUSSIDE; OMEGA-N-METHYLARGININE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PINUS; PLANT BARK; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; VASODILATION; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 35348914399     PISSN: 09169636     EISSN: 13484214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1291/hypres.30.775     Document Type: Article

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