Supplementation of the pure flavonoids epicatechin and quercetin affects some biomarkers of endothelial dysfunction and inflammation in (pre)hypertensive adults: A randomized double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover trial

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 145, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1459-1463

  Dower, James I ^a,b   Geleijnse, Johanna M ^a,b   Gijsbers, Lieke ^a,b   Schalkwijk, Casper ^a,c   Kromhout, Daan ^b   Hollman, Peter C ^a,b  

^a TOP INSTITUTE FOOD AND NUTRITION   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Clinical trial; CVD; Endothelial dysfunction; Epicatechin; Flavonoids; Inflammation; Quercetin

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; ENDOTHELIAL LEUKOCYTE ADHESION MOLECULE 1; EPICATECHIN; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; ISOQUERCITRIN; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; PLACEBO; QUERCETIN; SELECTIN; SERUM AMYLOID A; VASCULAR CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 1; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CATECHIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CACAO; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; FEMALE; HEART PROTECTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFLAMMATION; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TEA; TREATMENT DURATION; VERY ELDERLY; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; DRUG EFFECTS; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PREHYPERTENSION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

THEOBROMA CACAO;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CATECHIN; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; E-SELECTIN; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; INTERLEUKIN-1BETA; INTERLEUKIN-6; INTERLEUKIN-8; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREHYPERTENSION; QUERCETIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 84935509803     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.115.211888     Document Type: Article

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