The temporal effect of a wild blueberry (Vaccinium angustifolium)-enriched diet on vasomotor tone in the Sprague-Dawley rat

Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 127-132

  Del Bo', C ^a   Kristo, A S ^b   Kalea, A Z ^c   Ciappellano, S ^a   Riso, P ^a   Porrini, M ^a   Klimis Zacas, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biosensors; Diet duration; Vasoconstriction; Vasomotor tone; Wild blueberries

Indexed keywords

INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; N(G) METHYLARGININE; NOS2 PROTEIN, RAT; PHENYLEPHRINE;

ANIMAL; AORTA; ARTICLE; BLUEBERRY; CHEMISTRY; DIET; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG POTENTIATION; ENDOTHELIUM; FRUIT; MALE; METABOLISM; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; VASOCONSTRICTION;

ANIMALS; AORTA; BLUEBERRY PLANT; DIET; ENDOTHELIUM; FRUIT; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; OMEGA-N-METHYLARGININE; PHENYLEPHRINE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; VASOCONSTRICTION;

RATTUS; VACCINIUM; VACCINIUM ANGUSTIFOLIUM;

EID: 84856607231     PISSN: 09394753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.numecd.2010.05.004     Document Type: Article

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