Regular consumption of dark chocolate is associated with low serum concentrations of C-reactive protein in a healthy italian population

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 138, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1939-1945

  Di Giuseppe, Romina ^a   Di Castelnuovo, Augusto ^a   Centritto, Floriana ^a   Zito, Francesco ^a   De Curtis, Amalia ^a   Costanzo, Simona ^a   Vohnout, Branislav ^a   Sieri, Sabina ^b   Krogh, Vittorio ^b   Donati, Maria Benedetta ^a   De Gaetano, Giovanni ^a   Iacoviello, Licia ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CACAO; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ITALY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRIENT; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 54749123287     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/138.10.1939     Document Type: Article

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