Effect of Rg3-enriched Korean red ginseng (Panax ginseng) on arterial stiffness and blood pressure in healthy individuals: A randomized controlled trial

Journal of the American Society of Hypertension

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 537-541

  Jovanovski, Elena ^a   Bateman, Emma A ^a   Bhardwaj, Jyoti ^a,b   Fairgrieve, Chris ^a   Mucalo, Iva ^c   Jenkins, Alexandra L ^a   Vuksan, Vladimir ^a,b,d  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^d ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Augmentation index; clinical; ginseng; ginsenosides; vascular

Indexed keywords

GINSENOSIDE RG 3; GINSENOSIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; AUGMENTATION INDEX; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GINSENG; HEADACHE; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SIDE EFFECT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ADOLESCENT; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECTS; HYPERTENSION; MIDDLE AGED; PANAX; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYTOTHERAPY; PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; GINSENOSIDES; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANAX; PHYTOTHERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR STIFFNESS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84906938657     PISSN: 19331711     EISSN: 18787436     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jash.2014.04.004     Document Type: Article

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