Effects of Pomegranate Juice Supplementation on Pulse Wave Velocity and Blood Pressure in Healthy Young and Middle-aged Men and Women

Plant Foods for Human Nutrition

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 309-314

  Lynn, Anthony ^a,b   Hamadeh, Hiba ^b   Leung, Wing Chi ^b   Russell, Jean M ^b   Barker, Margo E ^b  

^a SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arterial stiffness; Blood pressure; Polyphenols; Pomegranate juice; Pulse wave velocity

Indexed keywords

LYTHRACEAE;

EID: 84866742064     PISSN: 09219668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11130-012-0295-z     Document Type: Article

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