Chocolate, endothelium and insulin resistance

Agro Food Industry Hi-Tech

Volumn 19, Issue 3 SUPPL., 2008, Pages 8-12

  Grassi, Davide ^a   Desideri, Giovambattista ^a   Necozione, Stefano ^a   Michetti, Monica ^a   Polidoro, Lorella ^a   Petrazzi, Luisa ^a   D'Aurelio, Azzurra ^a   Tiberti, Sergio ^a   Ferri, Claudio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIO-VASCULAR DISEASE; ENDOTHELIAL FUNCTION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES; HEALTH BENEFITS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; INVERSE RELATIONSHIP; VASCULAR FUNCTIONS;

BIOCHEMISTRY; NITRIC OXIDE;

INSULIN;

THEOBROMA CACAO;

EID: 47849102420     PISSN: 17226996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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