Dark chocolate consumption improves leukocyte adhesion factors and vascular function in overweight men

FASEB Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1464-1473

  Esser, Diederik ^a,b   Mars, Monica ^a,b   Oosterink, Els ^a,b   Stalmach, Angelique ^c   Müller, Michael ^a,b   Afman, Lydia A ^a,b  

^a TOP INSTITUTE FOOD AND NUTRITION   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Augmentation index; Cardiovascular disease; Flow mediated dilation; High fat challenge

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; FATTY ACID; FLAVANOL DERIVATIVE; GLUCOSE; INSULIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; AUGMENTATION INDEX; CACAO; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CELL SURFACE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FATTY ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FOOD INTAKE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LEUKOCYTE; LEUKOCYTE ADHERENCE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD VESSEL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CELL ADHESION; CYTOLOGY; DIET; FAT INTAKE; FLOW MEDIATED DILATION; HIGH-FAT CHALLENGE; PHYSIOLOGY;

AUGMENTATION INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; FLOW MEDIATED DILATION; HIGH-FAT CHALLENGE;

AGED; BLOOD VESSELS; CACAO; CELL ADHESION; DIET; DIETARY FATS; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84899522823     PISSN: 08926638     EISSN: 15306860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1096/fj.13-239384     Document Type: Article

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