Cocoa polyphenols and their potential benefits for human health

Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Andujar I ^a   Recio, M C ^a   Giner, R M ^a   Rios J L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTI-PROLIFERATIVE; ANTIMUTAGENIC; ANTIOXIDANT PROPERTIES; BENEFICIAL EFFECTS; CANCER PREVENTION; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CONTRIBUTING FACTOR; CYTOKINES; HUMAN HEALTH; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; INTESTINAL INFLAMMATION; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIPID PROFILE; METABOLIC DISORDERS; NEUTROPHIL INFILTRATION; PHARMACOLOGICAL EFFECTS; PHENOLICS; POLYPHENOLS; POTENTIAL BENEFITS; PROINFLAMMATORY; SYSTOLIC ARTERIAL PRESSURES;

COCOA; DISEASES; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

PHENOLS;

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ANTIMUTAGENIC AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ANTIOBESITY AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT; CATECHIN; COCOA EXTRACT; EPICATECHIN; EPIGALLOCATECHIN; EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; GALLOCATECHIN; PLANT EXTRACT; POLYPHENOL DERIVATIVE; PROANTHOCYANIDIN DERIVATIVE; PROCYANIDIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; POLYPHENOL;

ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ANTIPROLIFERATIVE ACTIVITY; CACAO; CANCER PREVENTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CELL PROTECTION; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; FATIGUE; HEALTH; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALARIA; METABOLIC DISORDER; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THROMBOCYTE FUNCTION; TOOTH; ANIMAL; BIOAVAILABILITY; CHEMISTRY; DISEASES;

THEOBROMA CACAO;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; CACAO; DISEASE; HEALTH; HUMANS; POLYPHENOLS;

EID: 84870219656     PISSN: 19420900     EISSN: 19420994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/906252     Document Type: Review

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