Black tea lowers blood pressure and wave reflections in fasted and postprandial conditions in hypertensive patients: A randomised study

Nutrients

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 1037-1051

  Grassi, Davide ^a   Draijer, Richard ^b   Desideri, Giovambattista ^a   Mulder, Theo ^b   Ferri, Claudio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^b UNILEVER RESEARCH VLAARDINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Arterial stiffnesss; Black tea; Cardiovascular protection; Flavonoids; Hypertension

Indexed keywords

BLACK TEA EXTRACT; CAFFEINE; FLAVONOID; PLACEBO; POLYPHENOL DERIVATIVE; SUCROSE; FAT INTAKE; TEA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; PEAK TO PEAK TIME; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REFLECTION INDEX; STIFFNESS INDEX; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TEA; ADMINISTRATION AND DOSAGE; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DIET RESTRICTION; DRUG EFFECTS; FAT INTAKE; HYPERTENSION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTPRANDIAL STATE; PULSE WAVE;

CAMELLIA SINENSIS;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DIETARY FATS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FASTING; FEMALE; FLAVONOIDS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTPRANDIAL PERIOD; PULSE WAVE ANALYSIS; TEA; VASCULAR STIFFNESS;

EID: 84922372618     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/nu7021037     Document Type: Article

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