Absence of an effect of high nitrate intake from beetroot juice on blood pressure in treated hypertensive individuals: A randomized controlled trial

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 368-375

  Bondonno, Catherine P ^a   Liu, Alex H ^a   Croft, Kevin D ^a   Ward, Natalie C ^a   Shinde, Sujata ^a   Moodley, Yuben ^a   Lundberg, Jon O ^b   Puddey, Ian B ^a   Woodman, Richard J ^c   Hodgson, Jonathan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Beetroot; Blood pressure; Hypertension; Nitrate; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CREATININE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; NITRATE; NITRITE; PLACEBO; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; BEETROOT; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE URINE LEVEL; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIETARY INTAKE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; NITRATE METABOLISM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PULSE PRESSURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SODIUM URINE LEVEL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; URINALYSIS; ANALYSIS; AUSTRALIA; BEET; BEVERAGE; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIET THERAPY; DRUG COMBINATION; DRUG RESISTANCE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PLANT ROOT; SALIVA; URINE;

AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BETA VULGARIS; BEVERAGES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG RESISTANCE; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITRATES; NITRITES; PLANT ROOTS; SALIVA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84938676635     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.114.101188     Document Type: Article

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