Involvement of nitric oxide and prostacyclin in the antihypertensive effect of low-molecular-weight procyanidin rich grape seed extract in male spontaneously hypertensive rats

Journal of Functional Foods

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 419-427

  Quinones M ^a   Guerrero, L ^a,b   Fernandez Vallinas S ^c   Pons, Z ^a   Arola, L ^a,d   Aleixandre, A ^c   Muguerza, B ^a,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^b ALPINA SA ^*  (Colombia)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d TECNIO   (Spain)

^e Centre Tecnologic de Nutrició i Salut CTNS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Grape seed procyanidin extract; Nitric oxide; Polyphenols; Prostacyclin; Spontaneously hypertensive rats

Indexed keywords

EID: 84895069784     PISSN: 17564646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jff.2013.11.008     Document Type: Article

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