Dose-dependent increases in flow-mediated dilation following acute cocoa ingestion in healthy older adults

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 111, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1568-1574

  Monahan, Kevin D ^a   Feehan, Robert P ^a   Kunselman, Allen R ^b   Preston, Amy G ^c   Miller, Debra L ^c   Lott, Mary E J ^a  

^a PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c The Hershey Company   (United States)

Author keywords

Chocolate; Endothelial function; Endothelium; Flavanol; Flavonoid

Indexed keywords

CATECHIN; FLAVONOID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEVERAGE; BLOOD; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CACAO; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; EATING; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASODILATATION;

ADULT; BEVERAGES; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CACAO; CATECHIN; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EATING; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; FLAVONOIDS; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VASODILATION;

EID: 83655165374     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00865.2011     Document Type: Article

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