Selenium supplementation does not improve vascular responsiveness in healthy North American men

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 296, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Hawkes, Wayne Chris ^a,c   Laslett, Lawrence J ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachial artery; Endothelium; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; PLACEBO; SELENIUM; SELENOPRECISE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ADULT; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CELL FUNCTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DIETARY INTAKE; ENDOTHELIUM; ERYTHROCYTE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PLASMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; BLOOD FLOW; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; DRUG EFFECT; ECHOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; TIME; VASODILATATION;

ADULT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRACHIAL ARTERY; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; HUMANS; MALE; NITROGLYCERIN; NORTH AMERICA; NUTRITION POLICY; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SELENIUM; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; VASODILATION; VASODILATOR AGENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 61949483632     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00935.2008     Document Type: Article

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