Prevention of Hypertension, Cardiovascular Damage and Endothelial Dysfunction with Green Tea Extracts

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1321-1328

  Antonello, Michele ^a   Montemurro, Domenico ^a   Bolognesi, Massimo ^a   Di Pascoli, Marco ^a   Piva, Anna ^a   Grego, Franco ^a   Sticchi, Daniele ^a   Giuliani, Luisa ^a   Garbisa, Spiridione ^a   Rossi, Gian Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

angiotensin II; endothelium; Green tea; hypertension

Indexed keywords

3 NITROTYROSINE; ACETYLCHOLINE; ANGIOTENSIN II; CAFFEINE; CATECHIN; COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; GREEN TEA EXTRACT; HEME OXYGENASE 1; HYDROPEROXIDE; MESSENGER RNA; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE OXIDASE; TEMPOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTERY MEDIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM LESION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HEART RATE; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MESENTERIC ARTERY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OSMOTIC MINIPUMP; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TELEMETRY; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ANGIOTENSIN II; ANIMALS; AORTA; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAMELLIA SINENSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HEART RATE; HEME OXYGENASE-1; HYPERTENSION; MALE; NADPH OXIDASE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; SUPEROXIDES;

EID: 36348974617     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjhyper.2007.08.006     Document Type: Article

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