Cardiovascular friendly natural products: A promising approach in the management of CVD

Natural Product Research

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 873-898

  Shukla, Santosh K ^a   Gupta, Shipra ^a   Ojha, Shreesh K ^b   Sharma, Suman B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Anti inflammatory activity; Anti thrombotic activity; Antioxidant activity; Cardiovascular diseases; Natural products

Indexed keywords

FISH OIL; FLAVONOID; LYCOPENE; NATURAL PRODUCT; OLIVE OIL; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID;

CACAO; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CITRUS FRUIT; COFFEE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; GRAPE; HEART PROTECTION; HUMAN; LEGUME; RED WINE; REVIEW; SOYBEAN; TEA; TOMATO;

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; HUMANS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PHYTOTHERAPY;

CITRUS; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; THEOBROMA CACAO; VITACEAE;

EID: 77952270920     PISSN: 14786419     EISSN: 14786427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14786410903417378     Document Type: Review

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