Dietary enrichment with wild blueberries (Vaccinium angustifolium) affects the vascular reactivity in the aorta of young spontaneously hypertensive rats

Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 14-22

  Kalea, Anastasia Z ^a   Clark, Kateryna ^a   Schuschke, Dale A ^b   Kristo, Aleksandra S ^a   Klimis Zacas, Dorothy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Blueberries; Hypertension; Vasoconstriction; Vasorelaxation

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ALPHA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; MEFENAMIC ACID; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PHENYLEPHRINE; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; AORTA; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; BLUEBERRY; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; MALE; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; RAT; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATATION;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; AORTA, THORACIC; BLUEBERRY PLANT; DIET; HYPERTENSION; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PHENYLEPHRINE; RATS; RATS, INBRED SHR; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATION;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; VACCINIUM; VACCINIUM ANGUSTIFOLIUM;

EID: 71749112068     PISSN: 09552863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnutbio.2008.09.005     Document Type: Article

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