Impact of cocoa flavanol consumption on blood pressure responsiveness to exercise

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 103, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1480-1484

  Berry, Narelle M ^a   Davison, Kade ^a,b   Coates, Alison M ^a   Buckley, Jonathan D ^a   Howe, Peter R C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Cocoa; Endothelium; Exercise; Flavanols; Flow mediated dilatation

Indexed keywords

FLAVANOL DERIVATIVE; FLAVONOL DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BODY MASS; CACAO; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ENDOTHELIUM; EXERCISE; EXERCISE INTENSITY; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; HEART BEAT; HEART RATE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK REDUCTION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TISSUE BLOOD FLOW; VASODILATATION; BEVERAGE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PHYSIOLOGY;

THEOBROMA CACAO;

BEVERAGES; BLOOD PRESSURE; CACAO; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FLAVONOLS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OVERWEIGHT;

EID: 84950170799     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114509993382     Document Type: Article

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