The effectiveness of dried cranberries (Vaccinium macrocarpon) in men with lower urinary tract symptoms

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 104, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1181-1189

  Vidlar, Ales ^a   Vostalova, Jitka ^b   Ulrichova, Jitka ^b   Student, Vladimir ^a   Stejskal, David ^c   Reichenbach, Richard ^d   Vrbkova, Jana ^b   Ruzicka, Filip ^e   Simanek, Vilim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OLOMOUC   (Czech Republic)

^b PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c Prostejov Hospital   (Czech Republic)

^d WALMARK As ^*  (Czech Republic)

^e MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Cranberries; Prostate specific antigen; Prostatitis; Urinary tract disorders; Vaccinium macrocarpon

Indexed keywords

ANTHOCYANIN; ANTIOXIDANT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CARBOHYDRATE; CARBOXYLIC ACID; CRANBERRY EXTRACT; PHENOL; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; SELENIUM; TANNIN DERIVATIVE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PROSTATITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; EX VIVO STUDY; HEMATOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL INDEX OF ERECTILE FUNCTION; INTERNATIONAL PROSTATE SYMPTOM SCORE; LOWER URINARY TRACT SYMPTOM; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTVOID RESIDUAL URINE VOLUME; POWDER; PROSTATE BIOPSY; PROSTATE DISEASE; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; URINE FLOW RATE; CRANBERRY; DIET THERAPY; FRUIT; MICROCAPSULE; MICTURITION DISORDER; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROSTATE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); VACCINIUM MACROCARPON;

AGED; CAPSULES; FRUIT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POWDERS; PROSTATE; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; URINATION DISORDERS; VACCINIUM MACROCARPON;

EID: 78049518723     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114510002059     Document Type: Article

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