Acute Effects of Ginkgo Biloba Extract on Vascular Function and Blood Pressure

Plant Foods for Human Nutrition

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 209-211

  Keheyan, Gillian ^a   Dunn, Lauren A ^a   Hall, Wendy Louise ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arterial tone; Blood pressure; Flavonoids; Ginkgo biloba; Vascular function

Indexed keywords

PLANT EXTRACT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; GINKGO BILOBA; HUMAN; MALE; PULSE RATE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; GINKGO BILOBA; HUMANS; MALE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PULSE; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; YOUNG ADULT;

GINKGO BILOBA;

EID: 80051799506     PISSN: 09219668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11130-011-0234-4     Document Type: Article

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