Dark chocolate or tomato extract for prehypertension: A randomised controlled trial

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Ried, Karin ^a   Frank, Oliver R ^a   Stocks, Nigel P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; DARK CHOCOLATE; HAIGHS CHOCOLATES; LYC O MATO TOMATO LYCOPENE COMPLEX; LYCOPENE; PLACEBO; PLANT EXTRACT; POLYPHENOL; TOMATO EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CAROTENOID; FLAVONOID; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; POLYPHENOLS;

ABDOMINAL CIRCUMFERENCE; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BORDERLINE HYPERTENSION; CACAO; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ENERGY; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEADACHE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MOOD; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TOMATO; AGED; HYPERTENSION; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; CACAO; CAROTENOIDS; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; FLAVONOIDS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PHENOLS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT PREPARATIONS;

EID: 67749086866     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-9-22     Document Type: Article

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