Effects of watermelon supplementation on arterial stiffness and wave reflection amplitude in postmenopausal women

Menopause

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 573-577

  Figueroa, Arturo ^a   Wong, Alexei ^a   Hooshmand, Shirin ^a   Sanchez Gonzalez, Marcos Angel ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aortic blood pressure; Arterial stiffness; L Citrulline L arginine; Pulse wave velocity; Second systolic peak; Wave reflection

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; CITRULLINE; PLACEBO; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATERMELON EXTRACT;

ADULT; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; POSTMENOPAUSE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TONOMETRY; WATERMELON;

ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; AORTA; ARGININE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CITRULLINE; CITRULLUS; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FRUIT; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PLANT EXTRACTS; POSTMENOPAUSE; PULSE WAVE ANALYSIS; VASCULAR STIFFNESS;

EID: 84879197778     PISSN: 10723714     EISSN: 15300374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/gme.0b013e3182733794     Document Type: Article

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