Nitric oxide mediates the antihypertensive and vascular relaxing effects of a soluble cocoa fiber product in spontaneously hypertensive rats

Nitric Oxide - Biology and Chemistry

Volumn 29, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-3

  Fernandez Vallinas S ^a   Lopez Carreras N ^a   Miguel, M ^b,c   Aleixandre, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTE OF FOOD SCIENCE RESEARCH CIAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cocoa; Endothelium; Fiber; Hypertension; Nitric oxide; Spontaneously hypertensive rats

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; COCOA FIBER PRODUCT; ENDOTHELIUM DERIVED RELAXING FACTOR; INDOMETACIN; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CACAO; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; HYPERTENSION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEED HUSK; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASCULAR RING; VASODILATATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; AORTA; CACAO; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; NITRIC OXIDE; RATS; RATS, INBRED SHR; SOLUBILITY;

RATTUS; THEOBROMA CACAO;

EID: 84870233800     PISSN: 10898603     EISSN: 10898611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.niox.2012.10.006     Document Type: Article

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