Effects of korean red ginseng (Panax ginseng C.A. Mayer) and its isolated ginsenosides and polysaccharides on arterial stiffness in healthy individuals

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 469-472

  Jovanovski, Elena ^a   Jenkins, Alexandra ^a   Dias, Andre G ^a,b   Peeva, Valentina ^a   Sievenpiper, John ^a   Arnason, John Thor ^c   Rahelic, Dario ^d   Josse, Robert G ^a,b,e   Vuksan, Vladimir ^a,b,e,f  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^d University of Zagreb   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^f ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arterial stiffness; Augmentation index; Blood pressure; Ginseng; Hypertension; Vascular

Indexed keywords

GINSENG EXTRACT; GINSENOSIDE; PLACEBO; POLYSACCHARIDE;

ADULT; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; AUGMENTATION INDEX; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GINSENG; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK REDUCTION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; GINSENOSIDES; HUMANS; MALE; PANAX; PLANT EXTRACTS; POLYSACCHARIDES; VASODILATION;

EID: 77951113474     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajh.2010.5     Document Type: Article

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