Oral L-citrulline supplementation attenuates blood pressure response to cold pressor test in young men

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 12-16

  Figueroa, Arturo ^a   Trivino, Julian A ^a   Sanchez Gonzalez, Marcos A ^a   Vicil, Florence ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aortic blood pressure; Blood pressure; Cold pressor test; Hemodynamics; Hypertension; L citrulline; Pulse wave analysis

Indexed keywords

CITRULLINE; MALTODEXTRIN; PLACEBO;

ADOLESCENT; AORTA PRESSURE; ARTICLE; AUGMENTATION INDEX; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLD PRESSOR TEST; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AORTA; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CITRULLINE; COLD TEMPERATURE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 72449139019     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajh.2009.195     Document Type: Article

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