Watermelon extract supplementation reduces Ankle blood pressure and carotid augmentation index in obese adults with prehypertension or hypertension

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 640-643

  Figueroa, Arturo ^a   Sanchez Gonzalez, Marcos A ^a   Wong, Alexei ^a   Arjmandi, Bahram H ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ankle blood pressure; blood pressure; carotid wave reflection; hypertension; l citrulline; watermelon

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; CITRULLINE; PLACEBO; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATERMELON EXTRACT;

ADULT; ANKLE; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTICLE; AUGMENTATION INDEX; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CAROTID ARTERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREHYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TREATMENT DURATION; WATERMELON;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ARGININE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERIES; CITRULLINE; CITRULLUS; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PLANT EXTRACTS;

EID: 84861192004     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: 19417225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajh.2012.20     Document Type: Article

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