The potential benefits of red beetroot supplementation in health and disease

Nutrients

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 2801-2822

  Clifford, Tom ^a   Howatson, Glyn ^a,b   West, Daniel J ^a   Stevenson, Emma J ^a  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Beetroot; Betalains; Inflammation; Nitrate; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

BETACYANIN; BETALAIN; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; NITRIC OXIDE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT;

BEETROOT; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; BLOOD FLOW; CELL FUNCTION; CELL METABOLISM; COGNITION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ENDOTHELIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNITY; INFLAMMATION; INNATE IMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; ANIMAL; BEET; CHEMISTRY; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECTS; FUNCTIONAL FOOD; METABOLISM; PLANT ROOT; VEGETABLE;

BETA VULGARIS;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BETA VULGARIS; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENTS; COGNITION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENDOTHELIUM; FUNCTIONAL FOOD; HUMANS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT ROOTS; VEGETABLES;

EID: 84927930149     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/nu7042801     Document Type: Review

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