An encapsulated fruit and vegetable juice concentrate increases skin microcirculation in healthy women

Skin Pharmacology and Physiology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 2-8

  De Spirt, S ^a   Sies, H ^a,b,d   Tronnier, H ^c   Heinrich, U ^c  

^a Faculty of Medicine   (Germany)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

^d KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Microcirculation; Oxygen to see device; Vitamins

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; CAROTENOID; FRUIT JUICE CONCENTRATE; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE JUICE CONCENTRATE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDRATION; MICROCIRCULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SKIN EXAMINATION; SKIN STRUCTURE; SKIN WATER LOSS; SKINFOLD THICKNESS;

ADULT; AGED; ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL; CAROTENOIDS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FRUIT; HUMANS; MICROCIRCULATION; MICRONUTRIENTS; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN; VEGETABLES;

EID: 79961105101     PISSN: 16605527     EISSN: 16605535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000330521     Document Type: Article

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