Intake and time dependence of blueberry flavonoid-induced improvements in vascular function: A randomized, controlled, double-blind, crossover intervention study with mechanistic insights into biological activity

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1179-1191

  Rodriguez Mateos, Ana ^a,b   Rendeiro, Catarina ^a   Bergillos Meca, Triana ^a   Tabatabaee, Setareh ^a   George, Trevor W ^a,c   Heiss, Christian ^b   Spencer, Jeremy P E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

2,3 DIHYDROXYBENZOIC ACID; 3 HYDROXYBENZOIC ACID; 3 HYDROXYPHENYLACETIC ACID; 3,4 DIHYDROXYPHENYLACETIC ACID; 4 HYDROXYBENZOIC ACID; 4 HYDROXYPHENYLACETIC ACID; ANTHOCYANIN; BENZOIC ACID; BETA RESORCYLIC ACID; CAFFEIC ACID; CHLOROGENIC ACID; CINNAMIC ACID; COUMARIC ACID; FERULIC ACID; FLAVONOID; GALLIC ACID; GENTISIC ACID; HIPPURIC ACID; HOMOVANILLIC ACID; ISOFERULIC ACID; KAEMPFEROL; PHENYLACETIC ACID; POLYPHENOL; PROTOCATECHUIC ACID; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE OXIDASE; ROSMARINIC ACID; SALICYLIC ACID; SINAPIC ACID; SYRINGIC ACID; VANILLIC ACID;

ABSORPTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; BLOOD VESSEL FUNCTION; BLOOD VESSEL PARAMETERS; BLUEBERRY; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLOW MEDIATED DILATION; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; NEUTROPHIL; NORMAL HUMAN; QUADRUPOLE MASS SPECTROMETRY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; VASODILATATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHOCYANINS; BLUEBERRY PLANT; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ENDPOINT DETERMINATION; HUMANS; HYDROXYBENZOATES; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NADPH OXIDASE; POLYPHENOLS; PULSE WAVE ANALYSIS; VASODILATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84886233437     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.113.066639     Document Type: Article

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