Ginkgo biloba extract improves coronary blood flow in healthy elderly adults: Role of endothelium-dependent vasodilation

Phytomedicine

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 164-169

  Wu, Yuzhou ^a   Li, Shuqin ^a   Cui, Wei ^a   Zu, Xiuguang ^a   Du, Jun ^a   Wang, Fengfei ^a  

^a HEBEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Endothelial function; Flow mediated dilation; Ginkgo biloba; Transthoracic Doppler echocardiography

Indexed keywords

GINATON; GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT; PLACEBO; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD FLOWMETRY; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIASTOLE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SYSTOLE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY VESSELS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; GINKGO BILOBA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

GINKGO BILOBA; MUSCOVY DUCK PARVOVIRUS;

EID: 39149099433     PISSN: 09447113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phymed.2007.12.002     Document Type: Article

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