Effect of beetroot juice on lowering blood pressure in free-living, disease-free adults: A randomized, placebo-controlled trial

Nutrition Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Coles, Leah T ^a   Clifton, Peter M ^a  

^a BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Beetroot; Blood pressure; Hypertension; Inorganic nitrate

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEETROOT; BEETROOT JUICE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIETARY INTAKE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRINKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PLANT PRODUCT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; AGED; BETA VULGARIS; BEVERAGES; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING, AMBULATORY; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALE; MALUS; MIDDLE AGED; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT ROOTS; YOUNG ADULT;

MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 84870717622     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2891-11-106     Document Type: Article

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