Six weeks daily ingestion of whole blueberry powder increases natural killer cell counts and reduces arterial stiffness in sedentary males and females

Nutrition Research

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 577-584

  McAnulty, Lisa S ^a   Collier, Scott R ^b   Landram, Michael J ^b   Whittaker, D Stanton ^c   Isaacs, Sydeena E ^a   Klemka, Jason M ^a   Cheek, Sarah L ^a   Arms, Jennifer C ^b   McAnulty, Steven R ^b  

^a Dept of Nutrition and Health Care Management ^*  (United States)

^b APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Boone Dermatology Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthocyanins; Antioxidants; Blood pressure; Hypertension; Immunity; Neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; AUGMENTATION INDEX; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLUEBERRY; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXIDATION REDUCTION STATE; POSTMENOPAUSE; POWDER; PREHYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SUPPLEMENTATION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VALIDATION PROCESS; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; AORTA; BLOOD PRESSURE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFECTS; EXERCISE; FRUIT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; METABOLISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYTOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

VACCINIUM;

PLANT EXTRACT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AORTA; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLUEBERRY PLANT; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FRUIT; HUMANS; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PREHYPERTENSION; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; VASCULAR STIFFNESS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84906791202     PISSN: 02715317     EISSN: 18790739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nutres.2014.07.002     Document Type: Article

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