Effects of watermelon supplementation on aortic blood pressure and wave reflection in individuals with prehypertension: A pilot study

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 40-44

  Figueroa, Arturo ^a   Sanchez Gonzalez, Marcos A ^a   Perkins Veazie, Penelope M ^b   Arjmandi, Bahram H ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

aortic hemodynamics; blood pressure; hypertension; L citrulline; prehypertension; watermelon

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; CITRULLINE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; AORTA; ARTICLE; AUGMENTATION INDEX; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY PULSE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SUPINE POSITION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WATERMELON;

AORTA; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAROTID ARTERIES; CITRULLUS; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PREHYPERTENSION;

EID: 78650287187     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajh.2010.142     Document Type: Article

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