Blood pressure-lowering effects of beetroot juice and novel beetroot-enriched bread products in normotensive male subjects

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 108, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2066-2074

  Hobbs, Ditte A ^a   Kaffa, Nedi ^a   George, Trevor W ^b   Methven, Lisa ^a   Lovegrove, Julie A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b Eccentricities Limited   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Beetroot; Blood pressure; Nitrate; Nitric oxide; Nitrite

Indexed keywords

BETACYANIN; FLAVONOID; NITRATE; NITRITE; VITAMIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEETROOT; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BREAD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIETARY INTAKE; FOOD INTAKE; HEART PROTECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BETA VULGARIS; BETACYANINS; BEVERAGES; BREAD; CARDIOTONIC AGENTS; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; ENGLAND; HUMANS; MALE; NITRATES; NITRITES; PIGMENTATION; PILOT PROJECTS; PLANT ROOTS; PREHYPERTENSION; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871338303     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114512000190     Document Type: Article

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