Cacoa and dark chocolate in cardiovascular prevention?;Kakao und dunkle Schokolade zur kardiovaskulären Prävention?

Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 136, Issue 51-52, 2011, Pages 2657-2663

  Belz, G G ^a   Mohr Kahaly, S ^a  

^a Klinische Pharmakologie ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

arteriosclerosis; chocolate; cocoa; coronary heart disease; flavonoids; myocardial infarction; nitric oxide; prevention

Indexed keywords

CACAO; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DARK CHOCOLATE; HUMAN; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; REVIEW;

BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; CACAO; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CORONARY DISEASE; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FLAVONOIDS; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NITRIC OXIDE;

EID: 83755168025     PISSN: 00120472     EISSN: 14394413     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1292826     Document Type: Review

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