Effect of tea theaflavins and catechins on microvascular function

Nutrients

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 5772-5785

  Fuchs, Dagmar ^a   de Graaf, Young ^a   van Kerckhoven, Roeland ^b   Draijer, Richard ^a  

^a UNILEVER RESEARCH VLAARDINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b RVK Research and Consulting BVBA   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Catechins; EndoPAT; Polyphenols; Reactive hyperemia response; Tea; Theaflavins; Vascular function

Indexed keywords

BLACK TEA EXTRACT; CATECHIN; CREATININE; GREEN TEA EXTRACT; HIPPURIC ACID; MICROCRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE; PLACEBO; THEAFLAVIN; BIFLAVONOID; TEA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG CAPSULE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPEREMIA; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIVER FUNCTION; MALE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MICROCIRCULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PULSE AMPLITUDE TONOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TEA; TONOMETRY; URINALYSIS; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CHEMISTRY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECTS; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINE;

CAMELLIA SINENSIS;

AGED; BIFLAVONOIDS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CATECHIN; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HUMANS; HYPEREMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; TEA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84917692800     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/nu6125772     Document Type: Article

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