All-natural nitrite and nitrate containing dietary supplement promotes nitric oxide production and reduces triglycerides in humans

Nutrition Research

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 262-269

  Zand, Janet ^a   Lanza, Frank ^b   Garg, Harsha K ^c   Bryan, Nathan S ^a,c  

^a Neogenis Laboratories Inc   (United States)

^b Houston Institute for Clinical Research   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Dietary supplement; Humans; Nitric oxide; Triglycerides

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; MULTIVITAMIN; NEO40 DAILY; NITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITE; NITRITE REDUCTASE; PLACEBO; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEETROOT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRATAEGUS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FOOD COMPOSITION; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MALE; NUTRIENT CONTENT; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION;

ADULT; AGED; BETA VULGARIS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FRUIT; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITRATES; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITES; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS; TEXAS; TRIGLYCERIDES;

CRATAEGUS;

EID: 79955375799     PISSN: 02715317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nutres.2011.03.008     Document Type: Article

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