Blueberry intervention improves vascular reactivity and lowers blood pressure in high-fat-, high-cholesterol-fed rats

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 109, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1746-1754

  Rodriguez Mateos, Ana ^a   Ishisaka, Akari ^b   Mawatari, Kazuaki ^b   Vidal Diez, Alberto ^c   Spencer, Jeremy P E ^a   Terao, Junji ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^c ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Blood pressure; Blueberries; Diet; Flavonoids; Vasorelaxation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA CONSTRICTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; BLUEBERRY; CHOLESTEROL INTAKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; FAT INTAKE; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; VASODILATATION;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; AORTA; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHOLESTEROL, DIETARY; DIET, HIGH-FAT; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FLAVONOIDS; FRUIT; MALE; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; PHENYLEPHRINE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT PREPARATIONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; VACCINIUM; VASCULAR DISEASES; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 84877996755     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114512003911     Document Type: Article

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