Is it the dark in dark chocolate?

Circulation

Volumn 116, Issue 21, 2007, Pages 2360-2362

  Hollenberg, Norman K ^a   Fisher, Naomi D L ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Editorials; Endothelium; Nitric oxide synthase; Nutrition; Platelets

Indexed keywords

CATECHIN; EPICATECHIN; FLAVANOL DERIVATIVE; NITRIC OXIDE; PROCYANIDIN; THEOBROMA OIL;

ALKALINIZATION; ANGIOGRAPHY; BITTER TASTE; CACAO; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; EDITORIAL; FERMENTATION; FOOD COLOR; FOOD PROCESSING; HEALTH FOOD; HUMAN; OBESITY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASODILATATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

CACAO; CANDY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COLOR; CORONARY CIRCULATION; FLAVANONES; FOOD LABELING; HUMANS;

EID: 36348955020     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.107.738070     Document Type: Editorial

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