Clinical evaluation of blood pressure lowering, endothelial function improving, hypolipidemic and anti-inflammatory effects of pomegranate juice in hypertensive subjects

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 193-199

  Asgary, Sedigheh ^a   Sahebkar, Amirhossein ^b,c   Afshani, Mohammad Reza ^d   Keshvari, Mahtab ^a,e   Haghjooyjavanmard, Shaghayegh ^e   Rafieian Kopaei, Mahmoud ^f  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^e ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^f SHAHREKORD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

alternative medicine; atherosclerosis; blood pressure; pro inflammatory cytokines

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; PRO-INFLAMMATORY CYTOKINES;

ADULT; AGED; ANTHOCYANINS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; APOLIPOPROTEINS A; APOLIPOPROTEINS B; BEVERAGES; BLOOD PRESSURE; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; E-SELECTIN; FEMALE; FRUIT; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; HYPOLIPIDEMIC AGENTS; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE-1; INTERLEUKIN-6; LIPIDS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYPHENOLS; PUNICACEAE; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; VASCULAR CELL ADHESION MOLECULE-1;

EID: 84893784277     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.4977     Document Type: Article

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