Will green tea be even better than black tea to increase coronary flow velocity reserve?

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 94, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1223-

  Cheng, Tsung O ^a  

^a DC ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; BLACK TEA EXTRACT; CAFFEINE; CATECHIN; EPIGALLOCATECHIN; GREEN TEA EXTRACT; THEAFLAVIN;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; BEVERAGE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VESSEL FUNCTION; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG POTENCY; FERMENTATION; HUMAN; NOTE; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 7044224429     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2004.06.084     Document Type: Letter

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