Ingestion of cocoa ameliorates endothelial dysfunction in mesentery arterioles induced by high fat diet in rats: An in vivo intravital microscopy study

Life Sciences

Volumn 91, Issue 23-24, 2012, Pages 1196-1200

  Osakabe, Naomi ^a   Shibata, Masahiro ^a  

^a SHIBAURA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cocoa; Intravital microscopy; Mesentery; Rat

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; LARD; PAPAVERINE; PHENYLEPHRINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CACAO; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; FOOD INTAKE; IN VIVO STUDY; INTRAVITAL VIDEOMICROSCOPY; LIPID DIET; MALE; MESENTERIC ARTERY; MICROCIRCULATION; NONHUMAN; RAT; VIDEO MICROSCOPY;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ARTERIOLES; CACAO; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIET, HIGH-FAT; MALE; MESENTERY; PAPAVERINE; PHENYLEPHRINE; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; VASODILATION;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; THEOBROMA CACAO;

EID: 84869490632     PISSN: 00243205     EISSN: 18790631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2012.08.031     Document Type: Article

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