Food selection based on high total antioxidant capacity improves endothelial function in a low cardiovascular risk population

Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 50-57

  Franzini, L ^a   Ardigo D ^a   Valtuena S ^a   Pellegrini, N ^a   Del Rio, D ^a   Bianchi, M A ^a   Scazzina, F ^a   Piatti, P M ^b   Brighenti, F ^a   Zavaroni, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Cardiovascular disease; Diet; Endothelial function; Flow mediated dilatation

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DECISION MAKING; DIET; DIETARY FIBER; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; FRUIT; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VEGETABLE;

ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANTS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PRESSURE; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DIET; DIETARY FIBER; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; FOOD PREFERENCES; FRUIT; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; VEGETABLES;

EID: 83855164179     PISSN: 09394753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.numecd.2010.04.001     Document Type: Article

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