Cranberries (Vaccinium macrocarpon) and cardiovascular disease risk factors

Nutrition Reviews

Volumn 65, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 490-502

  McKay, Diane L ^a   Blumberg, Jeffrey B ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Cranberry; Flavonoid; Proanthocyanidin; Vaccinium macrocarpon

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTHOCYANIN; BENZOIC ACID; CHOLESTEROL; CRANBERRY EXTRACT; CYCLOSPORIN; CYTOCHROME P450 2C9; ELLAGIC ACID; FLAVANOL DERIVATIVE; FLAVONOID; FLAVONOL DERIVATIVE; FLURBIPROFEN; GLUCOSE; HYDROCINNAMIC ACID; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; INTERLEUKIN 8; LINOLEIC ACID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PLACEBO; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; PROANTHOCYANIDIN; PROANTHOCYANIDIN DERIVATIVE; RESVERATROL; STILBENE DERIVATIVE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; WARFARIN; ANTIOXIDANT; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; BIOAVAILABILITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CRANBERRY; CRANBERRY JUICE; DIET THERAPY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG CLEARANCE; DRUG DISPOSITION; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG SAFETY; FOOD DRUG INTERACTION; FOOD INTAKE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GRAPE JUICE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LOW DRUG DOSE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NEUROPROTECTION; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT CONTENT; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PUMMELO; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; TEA; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION INHIBITION; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECT; METHODOLOGY; PHYTOTHERAPY; RAT; RISK FACTOR;

VACCINIUM MACROCARPON;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; FLAVONOIDS; HUMANS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PROANTHOCYANIDINS; RATS; RISK FACTORS; VACCINIUM MACROCARPON;

EID: 38449119871     PISSN: 00296643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1301/nr.2007.nov.490-502     Document Type: Review

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