Safety and efficacy of cocoa flavanol intake in healthy adults: A randomized, controlled, double-masked trial1,2

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1425-1435

  Ottaviani, Javier I ^a   Balz, Marion ^a   Kimball, Jennifer ^b   Ensunsa, Jodi L ^b   Fong, Reedmond ^b   Momma, Tony Y ^b   Kwik Uribe, Catherine ^b   Schroeter, Hagen ^b   Keen, Carl L ^b,c  

^a MARS INC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cocoa; Epicatechin; Flavanol; Procyanidin; Safety

Indexed keywords

COCOA FLAVANOL; FLAVANOL DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIOXIDANT; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; FLAVONOL DERIVATIVE; XANTHINE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING TIME; CACAO; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIETARY INTAKE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEADACHE; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSOMNIA; MALE; METABOLISM; NAUSEA; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESTLESSNESS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VOMITING; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHEMISTRY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FOLLOW UP; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DROPOUTS; PLANT SEED; RISK FACTOR; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ANTIOXIDANTS; BIOMARKERS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CACAO; CALIFORNIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FLAVONOLS; HUMANS; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; LOST TO FOLLOW-UP; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DROPOUTS; PLATELET AGGREGATION; RISK FACTORS; SEEDS; XANTHINES;

EID: 84948807551     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.115.116178     Document Type: Article

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