Lowering of oxidative stress improves endothelial function in healthy subjects with habitually low intake of fruit and vegetables: A randomized controlled trial of antioxidant- and polyphenol-rich blackcurrant juice

Free Radical Biology and Medicine

Volumn 72, Issue , 2014, Pages 232-237

  Khan, Faisel ^a   Ray, Sumantra ^a   Craigie, Angela M ^b   Kennedy, Gwen ^a   Hill, Alexander ^a   Barton, Karen L ^b   Broughton, Jane ^c   Belch, Jill J F ^a  

^a Vascular and Inflammatory Diseases Research Unit   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^c GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Blackcurrant juice; Endothelial function; Free radicals; Oxidative stress; Vitamin C

Indexed keywords

ANTHOCYANIN; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; CHOLESTEROL; ISOPROSTANE DERIVATIVE; PLACEBO; POLYPHENOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLACK CURRANT; BLACK CURRANT JUICE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; FRUIT JUICE; HUMAN; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VEGETABLE; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; BEVERAGE; BLOOD; DIET THERAPY; DRUG EFFECTS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RIBES; VASODILATATION;

ANTIOXIDANTS; ASCORBIC ACID; BEVERAGES; DIET THERAPY; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOPROSTANES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXIDATIVE STRESS; POLYPHENOLS; RIBES; VASODILATION;

EID: 84901008177     PISSN: 08915849     EISSN: 18734596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2014.04.006     Document Type: Article

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