Effects of cacao liquor polyphenols on cardiovascular and autonomic nervous functions in hypercholesterolaemic rabbits

Basic and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 581-587

  Akita, Megumi ^a   Kuwahara, Masayoshi ^a   Itoh, Fumi ^b   Nakano, Yoshihisa ^b   Osakabe, Naomi ^b   Kurosawa, Tohru ^b   Tsubone, Hirokazu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b MEIJI SEIKA KAISHA LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYPHENOL DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CACAO; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART PROTECTION; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MALE; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVE; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BAROREFLEX; BLOOD PRESSURE; CACAO; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; FLAVONOIDS; HEART RATE; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LIPIDS; MALE; PHENOLS; PLANT EXTRACTS; RABBITS; TELEMETRY;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; THEOBROMA CACAO;

EID: 56049093014     PISSN: 17427835     EISSN: 17427843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-7843.2008.00331.x     Document Type: Article

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