Nutraceutical combination (red yeast rice, berberine and policosanols) improves aortic stiffness in low-moderate risk hypercholesterolemic patients

PharmaNutrition

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 73-77

  Pirro, Matteo ^a   Lupattelli, Graziana ^a   Del Giorno, Rosaria ^a   Schillaci, Giuseppe ^a   Berisha, Sokol ^a   Mannarino, Massimo R ^a   Bagaglia, Francesco ^a   Melis, Francesco ^a   Mannarino, Elmo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aortic stiffness; Berberine; Hypercholesterolemia; Policosanols; Red yeast rice

Indexed keywords

BERBERINE; CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; POLICOSANOL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; XUEZHIKANG;

ADULT; AORTIC PULSE WAVE VELOCITY; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULSE WAVE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 84877115304     PISSN: 22134344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phanu.2013.02.003     Document Type: Article

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