Food supplementation with an olive (Olea europaea L.) leaf extract reduces blood pressure in borderline hypertensive monozygotic twins

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1239-1242

  Perrinjaquet Moccetti, Tania ^a   Busjahn, Andreas ^b   Schmidlin, Caesar ^a   Schmidt, Annette ^a   Bradl, Barbara ^c   Aydogan, Cem ^a  

^a Frutarom Switzerland Ltd   (Switzerland)

^b HealthTwist GmbH   (Germany)

^c Frutarom Germany GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antihypertensive effect; Blood pressure; EFLA 943; LDL cholesterol; Olea europaea L. leaf extract

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; EFLA 943; GLUCOSE; LIPID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; OLIVE EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY WEIGHT; BORDERLINE HYPERTENSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EVENING DOSAGE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; LOW DRUG DOSE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; MORNING DOSAGE; OLIVE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; OLEA; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

OLEA EUROPAEA; RATTUS;

EID: 52649166812     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.2455     Document Type: Article

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