Chronic cranberry juice consumption restores cholesterol profiles and improves endothelial function in ovariectomized rats

European Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1145-1155

  Yung, Lai Ming ^a,c   Tian, Xiao Yu ^a   Wong, Wing Tak ^a   Leung, Fung Ping ^a   Yung, Lai Hang ^a   Chen, Zhen Yu ^a   Lau, Chi Wai ^a   Vanhoutte, Paul M ^b   Yao, Xiaoqiang ^a   Huang, Yu ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cranberry; Endothelial functions; Estrogen deficiency; Nitric oxide; Oxidative stress; Renin angiotensin system

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN 1 RECEPTOR; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR; CHOLESTEROL; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE OXIDASE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD VESSEL FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANBERRY; ENDOTHELIUM; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; ESTROGEN DEFICIENCY; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT JUICE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UPREGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANTICHOLESTEREMIC AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; AORTA, THORACIC; BEVERAGES; CHOLESTEROL; DOWN-REGULATION; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; FRUIT; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; OVARIECTOMY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RENIN-ANGIOTENSIN SYSTEM; VACCINIUM MACROCARPON; VASODILATION;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; VACCINIUM MACROCARPON;

EID: 84879553197     PISSN: 14366207     EISSN: 14366215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00394-012-0425-2     Document Type: Article

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